US EditionGunmen abduct over 150 worshippers from 3 churches in Nigeria
- Armed bandits abducted dozens of worshippers from two churches in Nigeria's Kaduna state on Sunday.
- A church leader said 172 worshippers were kidnapped, with 9 later escaping, leaving 163 still held.
- Security agencies have been deployed to track the abductors and rescue the captives.
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More than 160 faithful were kidnapped on Sunday, 18 January. Armed individuals attacked two churches in a small isolated village in Kaduna State, in the north of the... The article Nigeria: two churches attacked, more than 160 Christians reported missing appeared first on Current Values.
The attack was carried out on Sunday by armed gangs and targeted two churches in an isolated village in Kaduna State in the north of the country, reporting on Monday a Christian clergyman and a UN security report consulted by AFP.
163 worshippers abducted during church service in Kaduna
The Chairperson of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Kajuru LGA, Enoch Kaura, confirmed the incident to PREMIUM TIMES during a telephone interview on Monday. The post 163 worshippers abducted during church service in Kaduna appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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