Christians Beaten, Abducted in Nigeria as Church Service Attacked, Prayer Books Desecrated, and Worship Instruments Broken

Christians Beaten, Abducted in Nigeria as Church Service Attacked, Prayer Books Desecrated, and Worship Instruments Broken


Christians are still facing persecution in Nigeria, as 160 people are unaccounted for after an attack Sunday on a branch of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church and two other churches in the village of Kurmin Wali.

The BBC reported on one woman who managed to escape who was bludgeoned in the skull with the butt of an attacker’s gun. “Blood was all over,” the woman recalled.

“They kept dragging me even when I told them I couldn’t walk. Then I hid somewhere until I couldn’t see them anymore.

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“I was so weak I had to crawl back to the village.”

Kurmin Wali is near the Kaduna state’s Rijana forest, a gathering spot for armed gangs who carry out raids and abductions.

State officials have

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