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Nigeria says suspects Islamic State of carrying out church massacre

Nigeria Interior
FILE PHOTO: A police crime scene tape is seen in front of St. Francis Catholic Church where gunmen attacked worshippers during a Sunday mass service in Owo, Ondo, Nigeria, June 6, 2022. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

The Nigerian authorities suspect the insurgent group Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) of carrying out a massacre in a Catholic church on Sunday that killed at least 22 people, Interior Minister Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola said on Thursday.

(Reporting by Felix Onuah; Writing by Estelle Shirbon; Editing by Jon Boyle)

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