According to the Associated Press, the attackers killed 19 of the worshippers at Deeper Life Bible Church in the town of Otite in Kogi state, located 155 miles southwest of Nigeria's capital, Abuja. Another report from Africa put the death total at 16 and the number of seriously wounded at nine. The church's pastor was among those killed.
No arrests had been made as of Tuesday morning, AP reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the massacre. However, the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram has attacked numerous churches and has vowed to make Nigeria an all-Islamic country while driving out all Christians. An Associated Press count put the number killed by Boko Haram at 660 this year. That number includes many Christians as well as moderate Muslims and police. Read more
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Whom will arm them? Particularly Anglicans; can they not recieve arms legally or illegally from Anglicans abroad?
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