Gunmen killed at least 21 people, including children, in an attack on a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria on Sunday, local officials said, in violence that drew widespread international condemnation.
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“They did not even enter the church, they were shooting through the windows,” he said, confirming a death toll of 21 people. The state government declared a seven-day mourning period for the victims, and ordered the national flag to be flown at half-mast in Ondo. But large-scale attacks in Nigeria’s southwest are relatively rare although kidnappings for ransom have become increasingly common.
The UN Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel, Mahamat Saleh Annadif, condemned what he called a “barbaric terrorist attack”.
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