Pastor and Church Secretary Murdered

Africa
Nigeria

July 25, 2011

On May 16 in NIGERIA, Islamic militants invaded a pastor’s home and shot him. They stabbed his wife, rubbed a painful substance into her wounds, and left her for dead. The wife survived, but the pastor died on the way to the hospital. The church secretary was also killed.

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Pastor and Church Secretary Murdered

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