Gunmen abducted 38 worshippers from a church in Eruku, Kwara State, Nigeria, on Tuesday, demanding a ransom of 100 million naira (around $69,000) per person, a church official told Reuters on Friday. The attack also claimed at least two lives, including the pastor, according to local reports. A video verified by Reuters showed parishioners taking […]
Church attack
Gunman kills 9 in attack on Egypt church
A gunman opened fire on a church south of Cairo on Friday, killing at least nine people in the latest apparent jihadist attack on Egypt’s Christian minority. The attacker targeted the Saint Mina Coptic church in the district of Helwan, just south of Cairo. Health ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed told state television that the gunman […]