Nigeria Church Attack: Gunmen Kill 'Many' Worshippers

The violence at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo town happened during the morning service in a rare attack in the southwest of Nigeria.

Gunmen with explosives entered a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria's Ondo state on Sunday, killing "many" worshippers and wounding others, the government and police said.

The violence at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo town happened during the morning service in a rare attack in the southwest of Nigeria, where jihadists and criminal gangs operate in other parts of the country.

No group claimed responsibility for the attack.

The motives and the number of casualties were not immediately clear, but President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the "heinous killing of worshippers".