MAKURDI, Nigeria: Two priests were among at least 18 people killed in a dawn attack on a church in central Nigeria, police said Tuesday, in violence condemned by President Muhammadu Buhari as "satanic".
Around 30 suspected herdsmen attacked Mbalom community in the volatile region killing the worshippers and the two priests, said Benue state police commissioner Fatai Owoseni in the state capital of Makurdi.
"They attacked the venue of a burial ceremony and also attacked the church where the two reverend fathers were holding mass," said Owoseni. "We were able to recover 16 bodies from the scene of the attack and those of the two priests."
Nigeria´s President Muhammadu Buhari described the violence as "satanic" in a statement. This latest assault on innocent persons is particularly despicable," said Buhari. "Violating a place of worship, killing priests and worshippers is not only vile, evil and satanic, it is clearly calculated to stoke up religious conflict.
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