Gunmen killed 11 people and wounded 18 others in a church in southeastern Nigeria on Sunday, August 6, in an attack arising from a feud between members of the local community, officials said.
However, police believe that a man the gunmen were hunting for was not present in the church and so escaped the attack.
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The attackers struck the church in Ozubulu early in the morning. They were believed to have been trying to kill a local man, who was not identified by the authorities.
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Nigeria’s southeast is predominantly Christian and the attack is a rare act of violence at a church.
Ethnically-charged violence is common throughout the central states and militancy is a constant threat in the oil-rich southeast.
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