Over 80 feared dead in attack on Catholic church in Nigeria

[TigressDem]

https://abcnews.go.com/International/80-feared-dead-attack-catholic-church-nigeria-sources/story?id=85262564

[Lovie777]

1. Killings . . ..

My GOD.

[at140]

2. Who were the killers?

ISIS?

[TigressDem]

3. Unknown

They are still at large.

USED IEDs and came in dressed as congregants, so they were able to pass for Nigerians.

Took off in a Nissan van.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. It's in the southwest - not the area ISIS, or Boko Haram, have been prominent in

but an IS affiliate is now being talked of:

Nigeria’s National Security Council said on Thursday that the attack was the work of the Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap) group, apparently reinforcing fears that the militants, who have been restricted to the north-east for many years, are looking to expand their influence and reach to other parts of the country. Ondo, in the south-west, has long been considered one of the safer parts of the country.

Nevertheless, some analysts have counselled caution, noting the absence of any claim of responsibility from Iswap.

“Iswap always claim big attacks, and always ones in the south,” said Vincent Foucher, a research fellow at the CNRS (National Centre of Scientific Research) in Paris. “They want to show they are strong and even expanding so they definitely would claim this one.”

He said, the modus operandi was different. “Most previous Iswap attacks have used hit-and-run tactics, not a big assault team as in this incident.”

Other possible perpetrators include militia involved in local conflicts, violence between farmers and herders, and even criminal networks. In one attack on a church in Anambra state in 2017, police arrested local racketeers and traffickers.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/09/islamic-state-affiliate-suspected-catholic-church-massacre-nigeria-iswap

[TigressDem]

6. Thanks!

Probably ringers sent in by Putin to take some of the media off him.


I kid.

I kid.


Sort of.

[electric_blue68]

4. 😥