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Authorities in Nigeria have not released an official death toll, but children are believed to be among the dead.

Josiah Oluwole is a journalist for Nigerian online newspaper the Premium Times and is in Ondo state, where the attack took place. He tells Newsday unknown gunmen 鈥渇irst threw in some explosive devices and while the worshippers started scampering for safety, they opened fire on them鈥�.

(Picture: Ondo State governor Rotimi Akeredolu (3rd L) points to blood the stained floor after an attack by gunmen at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo town, southwest Nigeria on June 5, 2022. Credit: AFP via Getty Images)