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Two Christians Murdered, One Assaulted By Radical Islamists In Nigeria

   DailyWire.com

Two Christians were brutally murdered and one viciously attacked by radical Islamist Fulani herdsmen near the village of Kwall located in the Plateau state in Nigeria.

On June 10, the three friends, Ibrahim Weyi, Larry More, and Samuel Weyi, were traveling home on a motorcycle after a Sunday worship service at the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in the Bassa area when they were ambushed by the Islamic extremists, according to a Morning Star News report.

Ibrahim Weyi and More were hacked to death by machetes while Samuel Weyi remains in critical condition at the Intensive Care Unit in the city of Jos.

A local resident explained, “Fulani herdsmen have continued to kill innocent Christians in our villages, yet the Nigerian government has not taken proactive measures to end the onslaught.”

Local authorities have stated that there is an investigation into the brutal murders, but that has not given the Christians any comfort.

ECWA Senior Pastor Sunday Zibeh told the press, “In these cases, the victims were either ambushed and killed by the herdsmen or attacked in their homes at night.”

Rev. Zibeh believes that the government is not interested in protecting the shrinking Christian community for political and religious reasons.

“The sad reality is that the Nigerian government headed by President Muhammadu Buhari, himself a Muslim and a Fulani man, has not acted in any way to end these attacks,” he said.

This marks a growing safety concern for Christians living in Nigeria. As The Daily Wire reported in March, 19 civilians were murdered by Islamic extremists tied to the Fulani herdsmen.

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