The perpetrators allegedly shot churchgoers and threw explosives. They would also have kidnapped several people, including the pastor. Video footage after the shooting shows bodies, including children, in pools of blood.
The terror target was a church in Owo in the southwestern state of Ondo. The leader of the region spoke of a despicable and satanic attack on innocent people. He called for calm and called for not to take the law into his own hands.
In the north of the West African country, which is predominantly Muslim, many have been robbed by armed gangs. They also kidnap for ransom. There are also regular bloody attacks by radical Muslims on churches. Such violence is rare in the Southwest.