{"id":80135,"date":"2023-01-15T16:08:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T15:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bandits-attack-church-in-katsina-abduct-25-members"},"modified":"2023-01-16T21:20:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T20:20:09","slug":"bandits-attack-church-in-katsina-abduct-25-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bandits-attack-church-in-katsina-abduct-25-members","title":{"rendered":"Bandits attack church in Katsina, abduct 25 members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Unidentified gunmen suspected to be bandits riding on motorcycles have, on Sunday, attacked New Life for All Church in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, kidnapping over 25 worshippers.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed by the Senior Special Assistant on Christian Affairs to Governor Aminu Bello Masari, Rev. Ishaya Jurau, in a telephone interview on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, bandits attacked the church in Jan-Tsauni, Gidan Haruna at about 10 am.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey abducted over 25 worshippers and left the church pastor with various degrees of injuries while they were conducting service this morning,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Details of the incident are still sketchy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Unidentified gunmen suspected to be bandits riding on motorcycles have, on Sunday, attacked New Life for All Church in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, kidnapping over 25 worshippers. This was disclosed by the Senior Special Assistant on Christian Affairs to Governor Aminu Bello Masari, Rev. 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