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Gun attack on church in southwest Nigeria leaves 21 dead
Nigeria's military is fighting a 12-year-long jihadist insurgency in the northeast and heavily armed criminal gangs often carry out looting raids and mass kidnappings in the northwest and north-central parts of the country.
Graphic content / Ondo State governor Rotimi Akeredolu (3rd L) points to the blood stained floor after an attack by gunmen at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo town, S.W Nigeria on June 5, 2022. /AFP
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
Gunmen killed at least 21 people, including children, in an attack on a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria on Sunday, local officials said, in violence that drew widespread international condemnation.
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