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On 5 June 2022, a mass shooting and bomb attack occurred at a Catholic church in the city of Owo in Ondo State, Nigeria. At least 40 people were killed, with the highest estimates being around 80. [1] Some in the federal government of Nigeria suspect the Islamic State – West Africa Province of carrying out the massacre.
Today, religious violence in Nigeria is dominated by the Boko Haram insurgency, which aims to establish an Islamic state in Nigeria. [50] Since the turn of the 21st century, 62,000 Nigerian Christians have been killed by the terrorist group Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen and other groups. [48] [49] The killings have been referred to as a silent ...
Religious riots between Christians and Muslims over the introduction of sharia law in Kaduna State, start of the religious riots phase of the Sharia conflict in Nigeria. 2001 Jos riots: 2001-09-07 to 2001-09-17 Jos: 500–5000 [15] Religious riots between Christians and Muslims. Zaki Biam Massacre: 2001-10-20 to 2001-10-24 Benue State: Over 200 ...
Forty people were killed in a massacre at a Catholic church in Nigeria's Ondo State on Sunday and 61 survivors are still being treated in hospital, the state governor said on Thursday.
The terrorist attacks of sectarian violence of yesterday come in addition to the abominable activities which the terrorist organisation Boko Haram has been carrying out of late against the Christian community in Nigeria." [33] Tunisia – Newly elected President Moncef Marzouki condemned the attacks. In a message to his Nigerian counterpart he ...
The massacre occurred on 11 February 2014 in Konduga, Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. [1] The village where the attack occurred was predominantly Christian. Dressed in military gear, dozens of attackers raided the village. Some of their victims were shot; others had their throats slit. By the end of February 15, 2014, 121 people had been killed.
A series of armed attacks occurred between 23 and 25 December 2023 in Plateau State in central Nigeria. They affected at least 17 rural communities in the Nigerian local government areas of Bokkos and Barkin Ladi, resulting in at least 200 deaths and injuries to more than 500 people [1] [2] as well as significant property damage.
The first occurred on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims attacked the Christians of Yelwa, killing more than 78 Christians, including at least 48 who were worshipping inside a church compound. [1] According to some sources, the signal for the attack was a call for Jihad from the local mosque. [2]