Gunmen attacked a church in northern Nigeria on Christmas Eve, killing six people, including the pastor, and setting the building on fire, residents and police said Tuesday.
“A group of gunmen came into the village at midnight and went straight to the church,” said Usman Mansir, a resident of Peri village near Potiskum, the economic capital of Yobe state.
“They opened fire on them, killing the pastor and five worshippers. They then set fire to the church,” he added, specifying that a branch of the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) was targetted.
A senior police official in Yobe confirmed the details to AFP, but declined to be named.
Yobe police chief Sanusi Rufa’i said “this is a security issue” and refused to comment further.
It was not clear who was behind the latest violence.
While Yobe’s population is overwhelmingly Muslim, the commercial hub of Potiskum has a significant Christian minority. Peri is just two kilometers outside the city.
Common sense is indeed not common.
Posted: at 25-12-2012 06:20 PM (12 years ago) | Hero
mallorca at 25-12-2012 07:41 PM (12 years ago) (m)
Virgin hunters
HOPE IS MY ROAD,VICTORY IS MY DESTINY
Posted: at 25-12-2012 07:41 PM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero
paulohking at 25-12-2012 08:34 PM (12 years ago) (m)
I think Christians av to fight back , enough of folding our hands waiting for GOD to avenge our "enemies" . Isrealites foughtin d bible, yet they're still God's chosen country till today. Enough of this harassment pls
Posted: at 25-12-2012 08:34 PM (12 years ago) | Hero
It was not clear who was behind the latest violence: this one na story, maybe na me dey behind it. The earlier ppl blif dat these northern killings ȋ̝̊̅§ a religious war the better for us all. Mtcheeeeeeee :
Posted: at 25-12-2012 09:49 PM (12 years ago) | Hero
Keffejude at 25-12-2012 10:41 PM (12 years ago) (m)
if gudluck cant do anything about d boko haram saga or d rate of insecurity in d country he should simply step his ass down dat 4king aso rock. obama conquered al-Qaeda by killing osama last year, while we still dey carry small bokoharam enter 2013 wc would only result in more blood shed & wastage of innocent lives. ebele gudluck is d worst president a nation can ever hv
Posted: at 25-12-2012 10:41 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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