Eighteen killed in Nigerian church by suspected herdsmen
Map of Nigeria locating Benue state (AFP Photo/Vincent LEFAI)/ Makurdi (Nigeria) (AFP) - Two priests were among at least 18 people killed in a dawn attack on a church in central Nigeria, police said Tuesday, in violence condemned by President Muhammadu Buhari as "satanic". Around 30 suspected herdsmen attacked Mbalom community in the volatile region killing the worshippers and the two priests, said Benue state police commissioner Fatai Owoseni in the state capital of Makurdi. "They attacked the venue of a burial ceremony and also attacked ...
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