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Suspected Islamic extremists on Monday night kidnapped 36 people from a predominantly Christian village outside the city of Kaduna, in northern Nigeria.

Dozens of Christians Kidnapped in Northern Nigeria,Morning Star News Nigeria Correspondent - Read more about Crosswalk headlines.

The body of one of two Catholic priests kidnapped on last Friday in Kaduna state, Nigeria, was recovered Tuesday morning, sources said.

Father Cheitnum was killed by his abductors on the same day he was whisked away from the parish on July 15

Buhari Condemns Killing Of Priest By Captors

Following the kidnapping of two Catholic priests in central Nigeria last week, the local diocese announced July 19 that one of the two priests had escaped, while the other was brutally killed.

The body of one of two Catholic priests kidnapped on last Friday in Kaduna state, Nigeria, was recovered Tuesday morning, sources said.

A Catholic diocese in Nigeria’s Kaduna State has asked the faithful to pray for two of its priests who were kidnapped from the rectory of a church, bringing the number of priests kidnapped in the country this year thus far to 20.

The body of one of two Catholic priests kidnapped on last Friday in Kaduna state, Nigeria, was recovered Tuesday morning, sources said.

John Cheitnum, one of two Catholic priests recently abducted in Kaduna, has been killed by his abductors. The other priest, Donatus...