4 Islamist militants sentenced to death for 2022 Nigerian church attack
June 04, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: A Nigerian court sentenced four members of the Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab to death for perpetrating the Owo church attack in 2022.
The court acquitted a fifth defendant.
The Lagos-based newspaper Punch reported that “one of the prosecution witnesses, a Catholic priest who survived the incident, gave a chilling account of how the assailants detonated at least three explosive devices inside the church, triggering panic and bloodshed among worshippers.”
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