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Pope Francis, CAN react to Ondo Catholic Church attack
Pope Francis has offered prayers for victims of the Catholic Church terrorist attack in Owo, Ondo State.
NewsWireNGR had earlier reported that the attack left over 50 people dead, including several children.
Reacting to the unfortunate event, the Vatican said that Pope Francis “prays for the victims and for the country, painfully attacked at a time of celebration, and he entrusts everyone to the Lord, that God might send His Spirit to console them.”
It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack.
“In the history of Owo, we have never experienced such an ugly incident,” a legislator Ogunmolasuyi Oluwole said. “This is too much.”
Also reacting, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) condemned the attack, with spokesman Bayo Oladeji saying, “What happened in Owo today is an unprovoked attack on innocent people worshipping God and to [the] Christian Association of Nigeria, it is condemnable; it is unacceptable. We’re tired of people going to church and being killed.”
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