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(Reuters) - Gunmen attacked a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria during mass on Sunday, killing at least 50 people including women and children, according to a hospital doctor and media r
Gunmen have attacked a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria during mass, killing at least 50 people including women and children, according to a hospital doctor and media reports.
Over 50 Catholic worshippers -including several children- were killed Sunday in a shooting massacre inside and outside a church in southwestern Nigeria. The only ones to survive the attack were the Bishop and the priests, it was reported. The identity and motive of the attackers were not immediately clear.
Dozens of people, including women and children, were killed in southwestern Nigeria on Sunday when gunmen attacked a church, officials said.
Pope Francis expressed his solidarity and closeness with Catholics in Nigeria after gunmen killed at least 50 people during a Pentecost Mass.