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Mother and 3 Children Killed in Church in Lagos, Nigeria

March 2, 2017 | Nigeria
March 2, 2017

ICC Note:
Yesterday, a mother and her three children were killed in an unfinished church building in Lagos. Lagos is a city in southwest Nigeria on the coast. Police are unsure as to the motive of the killing but they are launching a full investigation. Direct attacks on Christians in this area have been relatively rare so we hope that this not going to become a regular occurrence.  
3/02/2017 Lagos (Premium Times) – The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, on Wednesday confirmed the killing of three children and their mother in an uncompleted church building at Agbowa, near Ikorodu.
Mr. Owoseni said that the police was called to the murder scene at about 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
“The incident happened at about 3 a.m. this morning at Agbowa in Ikorodu.
“The three murdered children were aged four, five and nine.

 
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