Nigeria church attack: What, where and why? | News - Al Jazeera
Jun 6, 2022 · Gunmen with explosives stormed St Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo town in Ondo State and opened fire, killing at least 50 people. 6 Jun 2022. Gunmen attacked a Catholic church in...
Owo church attack - Wikipedia
On 5 June 2022, a mass shooting and bomb attack occurred at a Catholic church in the city of Owo in Ondo State, Nigeria. At least 40 people were killed, with the highest estimates being around 80. [ 1 ] Some in the federal government of Nigeria suspect the Islamic State – West Africa Province of carrying out the massacre.
Worshipers killed as bomb detonates during DRC church service
Jan 16, 2023 · At least 12 people have been killed and at least 50 wounded when a bomb detonated during church service Sunday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to the government and the...
Dozens Feared Dead in Church Attack in Nigeria
Jun 5, 2022 · The attack at the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, in Ondo State, was the deadliest attack on a church in Nigeria in years, and brought the kind of violence usually seen in the...
Nigeria Owo church attack: Blood on the altar - BBC
Jun 6, 2022 · The attack comes exactly a week after the head of the Methodist Church in Nigeria was abducted, along with two other clerics in the south-east of the country, and freed after paying $240,000 (£...
Nigeria Owo church attack: Gunmen kill Catholic worshippers in …
Jun 6, 2022 · The armed men entered St Francis Catholic church in the town of Owo and fired at the congregation during a service to mark the holiday of Pentecost, witnesses said. Nigeria has experienced an...
Mass shooting at Nigeria church kills dozens, says local lawmaker - CNN
Jun 5, 2022 · A church in southwestern Nigeria became the site of a bloody attack on Sunday, according to local lawmakers. Attackers stormed into the church in the city of Owo and began “shooting sporadically...
What we know about the deadly church shooting in Nigeria
Jun 7, 2022 · It happened in Africa's most populous country, where people practice many faiths, including the Catholicism of the church that gunmen targeted on Sunday.
Nigeria's Owo church massacre: Who are the victims?
Jun 17, 2022 · Worshippers at the St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, south-western Nigeria, were celebrating Pentecost earlier this month when suddenly a group of armed men who had been hiding among the...
Dozens Believed to Be Killed in Nigerian Church Attack, Officials Say
Jun 6, 2022 · At least four gunmen stormed St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Nigeria, firing on worshipers celebrating mass and leaving dozens dead, according to local officials.