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Kidnapped Nigerian Catholic priest found dead, another escapes

Kidnapped Nigerian Catholic priest found dead, another escapes

A Nigerian Catholic priest abducted last week was found murdered while his colleague managed to escape from his captors in the northern state of Kaduna, the local diocese said. Fathers John Mark Cheitnum and Donatus Cleophas were seized in the town of Lere when attending a parish function at Christ the King Catholic Church, Yadin Garu last Friday. On Tuesday, the body of Cheitnum was found, the Kafanchan diocese said in a statement, adding that he was "brutally killed on the same day of his abduction." His burial is on Thursday. No one has claimed responsibility for the abduction. About…
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Catholic priest abducted in Nigeria, diocese says

Catholic priest abducted in Nigeria, diocese says

A Nigerian Catholic priest was abducted from his rectory in the town of Zambina in the northern state of Kaduna in the early hours of Monday, the local Catholic diocese said. It said parishioners went to look for Father Emmanuel Silas after waiting in vain for him to conduct the morning mass. It is not clear who carried out the abduction. Armed gangs are rife across Nigeria's northwest where they rob or kidnap for ransom, and violence has been increasing, where thinly stretched security forces often fail to stop the attacks. The latest kidnap comes after gunmen last week abducted…
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