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An estimated 200 Christians were killed in Nigeria on Friday according to a Catholic charity.
The massacre in Nigeria’s Benue State targeted internally displaced families living in shelters, Aid to the Church in Need reported.
The attack in Yelewata took place with attackers shouting “Allahu Akbar” (a Muslim phrase meaning “god is great”), before indiscriminate killing began.
About 500 people were sleeping in a shelter where the attack took place.
Initial reports said 100 people were killed in the three-hour massacre, but that was later increased to a death toll of 200.
“The death toll makes it the single worst atrocity in the region, where there have been a sudden upsurge in attacks and increasing signs that a concerted militant assault is underway to force an entire community to leave,” the charity reported.
Rev. Ukuma Jonathan Angbianbee, the local priest, said he and others barely escaped alive.
“When we heard the shots and saw the militants, we committed our lives to God. This morning, I thank God I am alive,” he said.
“What I saw was truly gruesome. People were slaughtered. Corpses were scattered everywhere."
“There is no question about who carried out the attack. They were definitely Fulanis. They were shouting ‘Allahu Akbar,’” he said, referring to a group of Islamic extremists.
Islam is not a religion of peace.
Islam is a cult of murder and domination.
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