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Nigeria: 43K Christians Killed, 18.5K Abducted, 17.5K Churches Attacked in 12 Years

August 6, 2021 by Staff

Nigeria (International Christian Concern) The International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety), a nonprofit based out of Nigeria, has released a new report detailing the mass violence against Christians in Nigeria over the past 12 years.

The report states that 43,000 Christians have been killed by Nigerian Islamic radicals in the last 12 years, 18,500 have permanently disappeared, 17,500 churches have been attacked, 10 million people have been uprooted and about 2,000 Christian schools have been attacked.

Sections of the report read as follows:

Intersociety, Nigeria: Wednesday, 4th August 2021:The total number of ‘direct’ Christian deaths since 2009 or from July 2009 to July 2021; a period of twelve years, is independently put at no fewer than 43,000. The figure arises from total jihadist killing of not less than 72,000 defenseless citizens. The killings had emanated from the propagation of radical Islamism in Nigeria or any part thereof. 

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