The bloodshed at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo town during a Sunday service was a rare assault in Nigeria s usually safer southwest and shocked a country grown used to jihadist attacks and mass kidnappings in the north.
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LAGOS, Nigeria 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. The bloodshed at St Francis Catholic Church in Owo town during a service was a
Gunmen who attacked a Catholic church on Sunday with explosives in southwest Nigeria killed at least 21 worshippers, including some children, local officials