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Italian missionary kidnapped in Nigeria

October 17, 2017

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CWN Editor's Note: An Italian missionary, Father Maurizio Pallu, was kidnapped by armed men in Benin City, Nigeria, on October 16. The priest was able to reach his mother by phone, assuring her that he was well and expected to be released shortly. The kidnappers have not been identified.

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