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Nigerian church assault casualties revised right down to 22 killed, 50 injured

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The casualty report for final week’s assault on a Catholic church in Nigeria has been revised right down to 22 killed and 50 injured, in keeping with a Nigerian official.

Earlier reviews based mostly on witness accounts positioned the dying toll at greater than 50 after gunmen fired weapons and detonated explosives inside St. Francis Church. Nobody has claimed duty for the assault.

State Police Commissioner Oyeyemi Oyediran mentioned regulation enforcement pursued to attackers, “however sadly, we couldn’t meet up with them.”

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A view of the St. Francis Catholic church in Owo, Nigeria, Monday, June 6, 2022 a day after an attack targeted worshipers. 

A view of the St. Francis Catholic church in Owo, Nigeria, Monday, June 6, 2022 a day after an assault focused worshipers. 
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Ondo state governor Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu known as the assault “vile and satanic” in a Sunday assertion.

Pope Francis additionally condemned the assault on Monday calling it an “act of unspeakable violence.”

“His Holiness prays for the conversion of these blinded by hatred and violence in order that they’ll select as a substitute the trail of peace and righteousness,” a telegram from the Vatican learn.

The assault got here roughly two months after a stampede at a Nigerian church truthful killed 31 individuals in late March.

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The church truthful was supposed to be a charity occasion during which locals might “store at no cost.” Many attendees arrived as early as 5 a.m. to safe their spots in line. Attendees then broke by way of the gate, inflicting a stampede.



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