{"id":40354,"date":"2017-08-12T06:41:01","date_gmt":"2017-08-12T06:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=40354"},"modified":"2017-08-12T06:41:01","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T06:41:01","slug":"multiple-dead-as-gunman-opens-fire-in-a-nigerian-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/multiple-dead-as-gunman-opens-fire-in-a-nigerian-church.html","title":{"rendered":"Multiple dead as gunman opens fire in a Nigerian church"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Multiple dead as gunman opens fire in a Nigerian church<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Multiple dead as gunman opens fire in a Nigerian church:- AT least 12 people have been killed when an armed man attacked a church in southeastern Nigeria, police say.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Eighteen other people were wounded during the attack on Sunday on the hundreds of worshippers gathered at St. Philips church in Ozubulu in Anambra state, police commissioner Garba Umar told the News Agency of Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cSo far, 12 persons have been confirmed dead and deposited in the mortuary here while several persons are receiving medical attention,\u201d a staff worker at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital in Nnewi, where the victims were admitted, told AFP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Witnesses said several gunmen shot a man inside the church at first, and then opened fire randomly on the rest of worshippers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Umar, however, said the attack was \u201ccarried out by a lone wolf gunman\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cFrom our findings, it is very clear that the person who carried the attack must be an indigene of the area,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cThe man after shooting at his targeted victims still went on a shooting spree, killing and wounding other worshippers.\u2019\u2018 Anambra is located in the southeastern part of Nigeria, where Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram is not usually active.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/world\/africa\/multiple-dead-as-gunman-opens-fire-in-a-nigerian-church\/news-story\/c08955944ad03f18f7603fd19536d8e0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/multiple-dead-as-gunman-opens-fire-in-a-nigerian-church.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple dead as gunman opens fire in a Nigerian church Multiple dead as gunman opens fire in a Nigerian church:- AT least 12 people have been killed when an armed man attacked a church in southeastern Nigeria, police say. 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