News of Pentecost’s Sunday of a second massacre of Christians broke out in Nigeria, this time by Muslim Fulani raiders armed with AK-47s.
On Sunday, June 5, in the northern province of Kaduna, a crowd of Fulani fighters armed with motorcycles attacked several Christian villages in the Kajuru local government district, killing 32 people. One of the villages, Maikori, was burned to ashes.
Dozens more Christians were massacred in southwestern Nigeria’s Ondo state on Sunday, according to Breitbart News. An armed militant raided the St. Petersburg Catholic Church. Francis Xavier in the city of Ovo on the morning, where believers gather for a service in honor of Pentecost.
In response to the attack, Pope Francis, St. He reassured Francis and all those who suffered from this act of “inexplicable violence” of his spiritual closeness.
“By entrusting the souls of the dead to the loving mercy of God Almighty and pleading for divine healing and comfort for the wounded and afflicted, His Holiness prays that those blinded by hatred and violence choose the path of peace. . and accuracy,” read a telegram signed by Vatican Foreign Minister Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, third from left, St. It marks a blood-stained floor in St. Petersburg after a militant attack. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, southwestern Nigeria, 5 June 2022. (AFP via Getty Images)
AsiaNews, the official news agency of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions, reported that the militia protecting themselves from the local villages in the Fulani attacks tried to repel the attack but were defeated.
Eyewitnesses said that the Muslim motorcycle brigade also received air support from a helicopter and opened fire on villagers who tried to repel the attack.
Avemi Dio Maisamari, national president of Adara Development Association (ADA), confirmed the death toll as 32 and made a statement about the attack.
“The attack started around 12 noon and continued until 6 pm, and there was no resistance from the state,” Maisamari said. The terrorists did this with 150 motorcycles, three of which were each with an AK47 assault rifle.”
“There is no way they can handle the combined firepower of weakly armed villagers using primitive weapons, better-armed terrorists and a helicopter gun,” he said.
Maisamari said the attack caused panic “which resulted in the displacement of thousands of people in the region”.
“Many of the displaced, especially women and children, are still being resettled in places like Katul, Kachia, Idon and Maraban Kajuru crossings,” he added.
The ADA also wants to express its anger at the Kaduna state governor for leaving the people at the mercy of terrorists.”
Source: Breitbart
