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Nigeria: Christian woman shot dead by Fulani militant while she cleaned at church building

Nigeria: Christian woman shot dead by Fulani militant while she cleaned at church building
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ET staff writer
ET staff writer
25 October, 2022 1 min read

A Christian woman who was cleaning her church building was short dead by a suspected Fulani militant, Release International has reported.

The woman, Lyop Dalyop, from Plateau State, Nigeria, was busy cleaning in the Church of Christ in Nations’ building, Riyom County, when she was attacked by armed militants.

An attorney who serves as director of the Emancipation Centre for Crisis Victims in Nigeria said the men were suspected to be Fuliani Islamist terrorists.

A few weeks later, Islamic terrorists in southern Nigeria were reported to have kidnapped four nuns. The incident came a few days after Islamists raided the home of Christian lawyer Benedict Azza and shot him dead.

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