Posted on 06/05/2022 6:20:39 PM PDT by marshmallow
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 5, 2022 / 09:13 am At least 50 people were killed and others injured Sunday when gunmen attacked worshippers at a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria, according to media reports.
A doctor at a hospital in Owo, a town in the Nigerian state of Ondo, told Reuters that no fewer than 50 bodies had been moved to the Federal Medical Center in Owo and to St. Louis Catholic Hospital.
The attack took place during a Pentecost Sunday service at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo, according to Ondo's governor, Arakunrin Akeredolu.
A video posted on Twitter showed graphic scenes of bodies and blood inside the church. Akeredolu said many children were among the dead.
"I am deeply saddened by the unprovoked attack and killing of innocent people of Owo, worshiping at the St. Francis Catholic Church, Today," the governor said in a tweet. "The vile & satanic attack is a calculated assault on the peace-loving people of Owo Kingdom who have enjoyed relative peace over the years."
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Do they have gun control in Nigeria? Probably.
White Christian nationalists? Gun lobby? Putin? Climate change? Trump?
Why don’t Nigerian Christians get same attention as ukes?
Turns my stomach. Such pure evil.
I hope one day their tactics will implode upon them.
God, please intervene on this evil.
It’s muslims, but they don’t to tell us that or we might not believe Islam is a religion of peace.
More like a “religion” of pieces.
ban guns in America!
May they rest in peace.
And no churchgoer had a gun...
But these attacks ONLY happen in the evil United States!
But remember, mass shootings only happen in the US because of our permissive gun culture. /s
I have no doubt the Nigerian government is in collusion with the shooters. After every attack on Christians, the response is the same; “We searched but couldn’t find the attackers.”
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