Christian parishioners were slaughtered on Christmas Day when armed bandits ran amok across central Nigeria, killing more than 100 worshippers.
Now fears are growing that Africa’s most populous nation is sliding towards anarchy.
While December 25 was a significant date on the Christian calendar, the heavily armed bandits didn’t restrict their killing spree to celebrants.
The rampage cut across some 20 central Nigerian communities along the boundary of the predominantly Christian south and Muslim north. More than 200 people are believed to have been beaten and shot to death. About half have been identified as Christian.
“The killers have turned the security agencies into objects of mockery and turned Nigerians into mere weeping, helpless victims and spectators,” Local Catholic Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah said shortly after the attack.
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