At least 50 people were killed and over 70 were injured in a terrorist attack on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, the headquarters of Owo Local Government Area (LGA) in Ondo state, southwest Nigeria, on 5 June. A large number of children are reportedly among the casualties.

According to reports, gunmen wearing military camouflage, wielding AK-47 s and identified by several eyewitness as being of Fulani origin attacked St. Francis Church in Owo at around 12pm as the Pentecost Sunday service was coming to an end. The attackers reportedly threw explosive devices into the building before opening fire indiscriminately. As church members moved quickly to shut the doors, they began shooting through the windows. According to eyewitnesses, many of the casualties had left the building early, with one witness stating “people died all around the church,” including a woman with four children and a man selling confectionary outside the building.

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