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Five suspects arrested in Nigeria Catholic church massacre

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Nigeria has arrested five suspects in an Islamist militant attack in a Catholic church. The attack killed 40 people in early June, Chief of Defence Staff General Leo Irabor said. ISWAP is waging an insurgency in the northeast but claims that it carried out the attack far away from its enclave.

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Five suspects arrested in Nigeria Catholic church massacre

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA -Nigeria has arrested five suspects in an Islamist militant attack in a Catholic church that killed 40 people in early June, Chief of Defence Staff General Leo Irabor said on Tuesday. Nigerian authorities have said they suspect insurgent group Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) carried out the massacre of members of a congregation inside the St Francis

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Nigeria arrests men suspected of deadly church attack

Nigeria’s top military officer says the suspected gunmen who attacked a church in southwestern Nigeria in June and killed dozens of worshippers have been arrested. The arrests came two months after the attack at the St. Francis Catholic Church in…

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Nigeria arrests men suspected of deadly church attack

Nigeria’s top military officer says the suspected gunmen who attacked a church in southwestern Nigeria in June and killed dozens of worshippers have been arrested

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

Nigeria arrests suspects in Catholic church massacre -local TV

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria has arrested suspects in an Islamist militant attack in a Catholic church that killed 40 people two months ago, Chief of Defence Staff General Leo Irabor told local media on Tuesday. Read full story

2 years ago·Malaysia

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The Washington Post

Nigeria arrests men suspected of deadly church attack

Nigeria’s top military officer says the suspected gunmen who attacked a church in southwestern Nigeria in June and killed dozens of worshippers have been arrested

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Nigeria arrests men suspected of deadly church attack

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated PressABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s top military officer says the suspected gunmen who attacked a church in southwestern Nigeria in June and killed dozens of worshippers have been arrested. The arrests came two months after the attack at the St. Francis Catholic Church in Ondo state which left 40 dead. General Leo Irabor, Nigeria’s Chief of Defense Staff, said investigations are continuing and “in due course, the wor…

2 years ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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