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During an evening worship service on Monday (July 7), suspected Islamic extremists gunned down a Baptist pastor and another worshipper and kidnapped a woman in Katsina state, northwest Nigeria.
About 15 to 20 gunmen with Fulani accents stormed Bege Baptist Church in Yaribori (also known as Yari Bori) village, Kafur County, and shot the Rev. Emmanuel Na’allah Auta and Mallam Samaila Gidan Taro, according to news outlet TruthNigeria.
Church member Zakariya Jatau told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News that the pastor was leading a worship service and Bible study when he was shot.
“Another member, a lady, was also kidnapped and taken away to an unknown place,” he said, corroborating the account of another church member.
Congregation members said the slain Gidan Taro was a prominent convert from Islam, and that Pastor Na’allah had worked to reconcile the village’s Muslim and Christian communities, TruthNigeria reported….
About 15 to 20 gunmen with Fulani accents stormed Bege Baptist Church in Yaribori (also known as Yari Bori) village, Kafur County, and shot the Rev. Emmanuel Na’allah Auta and Mallam Samaila Gidan Taro, according to news outlet TruthNigeria.
Church member Zakariya Jatau told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News that the pastor was leading a worship service and Bible study when he was shot.
“Another member, a lady, was also kidnapped and taken away to an unknown place,” he said, corroborating the account of another church member.
Congregation members said the slain Gidan Taro was a prominent convert from Islam, and that Pastor Na’allah had worked to reconcile the village’s Muslim and Christian communities, TruthNigeria reported….
