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Birgit Korber / EyeEm / Getty Images(OWO, Nigeria) Dozens of people are feared to have died after gunmen attacked a church in Nigeria, a U.S. official briefed on the massacre told ABC News. An explosion and attackers armed with guns killed dozens of people and injured many more at the St. Francis Catholic Church in Nigeria's Ondo State on Sunday, government officials reported. At least 50 people, including several children, were killed in the attack, The Associated Press reported, citing local officials. The explosion occurred outside the church during Mass celebrating Pentecost Sunday, followed by gunmen storming the church and shooting sporadically, officials said. The assailants also killed passersby who were hit by stray bullets. Nigerian authorities vowed to "hunt" the gunmen down and "make them pay," Governor of Nigeria's Ondo State Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu said in a statement. Akeredolu is "shocked" and "deeply saddened by th

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