"I am the way, the truth, and the life. Without the way there is no going; without the truth there is no knowing; without the life there is no living. I am the way which thou shouldst pursue; the truth which thou shouldst believe; the life which thou shouldst hope for" - Jesus
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Pastor, 20 Worshippers Killed in Nigeria Church Attacks
At least 21 people are dead after gunmen suspected to be members of the
Islamist group Boko Haram opened fire in two separate incidents
targeting church services in northern Nigeria on Sunday, the Christian
Post reports.
In the first attack, gunmen rode on motorcycles onto a university
campus in Kano, throwing grenades in an area where local churches hold
services and shooting worshippers as they ran out to escape. Later that
day, gunmen in Maiduguri -- where Boko Haram once had its main mosque --
shot at worshippers inside a chapel of the Church of Christ in Nigeria,
killing a pastor and four others. The attacks came just one day after
Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan vowed to stop Boko Haram by the end
of June; Boko Haram, however, has said the deadly attacks against Christians won't stop until sharia
law rules the country. The group has killed an estimated 450 people so
far this year, and is said to have gained technical sophistication and
weaponry from Islamic groups like al Qaeda and Somalia's al Shabaab.
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