Gunmen attack church in Nigeria, killing two and kidnapping others

[Ptarmigan]

Gunmen attack church in Nigeria, killing two and kidnapping others
https://www.foxnews.com/world/gunmen-attack-church-nigeria-killing-two-kidnapping-others

Gunmen reportedly attacked a church in Nigeria, killing at least two people and kidnapping the pastor and some worshippers, according to Reuters, which cited police and witnesses.

The attack occurred on Tuesday evening in Eruku, a town in central Nigeria's Kwara State. Reuters said it reviewed and verified a video from a local news outlet showing gunfire interrupting a service at Christ Apostolic Church and forcing parishioners to take cover. The outlet noted that in the video, armed men are seen entering and taking worshippers' belongings as gunshots ring out.

AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the governor of Kwara State, Nigeria, reportedly asked for the immediate deployment of security operatives after the attack, Reuters reported citing the governor's spokesperson.

The persecution and attack on Christians is a severe problem in Nigeria.

[Ptarmigan]

Up to 124 D. R. Congo Christians Slaughtered in Spate of Islamist Violence
https://www.barnabasaid.org/us/news/up-to-124-d-r-congo-christians-slaughtered-in-spate-of-islamist-violence/

Up to 124 Christians have been killed in a spate of targeted Islamist violence in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

In the most deadly attack, on September 8, Islamic State (IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) online media claimed that “100 Congolese Christians” were killed in Ntoyo village, Lubero District.

Local media reported a minimum death toll of 72 (26 at a funeral service along with 46 other villagers), with one resident counting the bodies quoted as having seen 102 victims.

ISIS has killed many Christians in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

[SVPete]

Such attacks have become a weekly or daily event, sadly.

Terrorists kill civilians at Church-run hospital in Congolese village of North Kivu

https://www.cathstan.org/us-world/terrorists-kill-civilians-at-church-run-hospital-in-congolese-village-of-north-kivu

Missionaries in Congo denounced a “shameful silence” of the international community as 20 people were killed in a terrorist attack Nov. 14 at the North Kivu village of Byambwe, in Congo, according to Vatican News.

Pope Leo XIV offered special prayers for the Christian community in North Kivu, where members of the Allied Democratic Forces, a group loyal to Islamic State, attacked a clinic run by the Presentation Sisters, killing 15 people before stealing medications and burning the clinic down.

They went to nearby homes as well, killing another five people, Vatican News reported.

“Let us pray that all violence may cease and that believers may work together for the common good,” the pope said during the Angelus prayer on Nov. 16.

After the massacre of patients, the ADF set the hospital ablaze, killing several women in the maternity ward.