More than 170 Christians were abducted Sunday morning from two Nigerian churches.
Of those taken in Kaduna state, more than 160 remain missing, according to the BBC.
“The attackers came in numbers and blocked the entrance of the churches and forced the worshippers out into the bush,” Rev. Joseph Hayab, head of the Christian Association of Nigeria for the northern part of the country, said Monday.
“Information came to me from the elders of the churches that 172 worshippers were abducted while nine escaped,” he added.
Christians are still being killed by Islamists in Nigeria.
They are being killed simply because they are Christians.
We must raise more awareness about this. pic.twitter.com/Vq0JzihYbq
— Vivid.🇮🇱 (@VividProwess) January 17, 2026
Local police said the gunman
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