{"id":53809,"date":"2018-01-02T13:30:46","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T11:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=53809"},"modified":"2018-01-02T13:30:46","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T11:30:46","slug":"%d9%85%d9%82%d8%aa%d9%84-%d9%88%d8%a5%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a9-33-%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%ac%d9%8a%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a7-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%b5-%d9%85%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%8a%d9%86-%d8%a3%d8%ab%d9%86%d8%a7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d9%85%d9%82%d8%aa%d9%84-%d9%88%d8%a5%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a9-33-%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%ac%d9%8a%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a7-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%b5-%d9%85%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%8a%d9%86-%d8%a3%d8%ab%d9%86%d8%a7\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerians killed in New Year attack on Rivers church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;andale mono&quot;, times;\">Gunmen killed at least\u00a021 churchgoers returning from midnight services on Monday in Nigeria\u2019s Rivers State, a police source said, after the latest violence to hit the oil-rich region.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;andale mono&quot;, times;\">\u201cThe gunmen opened fire on a set of worshippers at about 12.30am on Monday,\u201d said Ugochi Olugbo, a relative of one of the victims who were attending a New Year\u2019s Eve service.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;andale mono&quot;, times;\">Nigeria the most dangerous place to be a Christian? Let\u2019s put that in context<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;andale mono&quot;, times;\">Enuma Okoro<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;andale mono&quot;, times;\"> Read more<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;andale mono&quot;, times;\">The Nigeria Independent reported gunmen operated at two different locations, the Kirigani and Oboh axis of Aligu, Omoku, in a coordinated attack on Christians returning from church services.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;andale mono&quot;, times;\">\u201cFourteen persons died on the spot, while 12 who sustained gunshot wounds were rushed to the hospital and are receiving medical attention,\u201d said a police source who asked to remain anonymous.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;andale mono&quot;, times;\">Rivers State police public relations officer Nnamdi Omoni could not confirm the number of casualties. \u201cThe commissioner of police, Ahmed Zaki, has also launched a manhunt for the bandits to ensure they are arrested and prosecuted,\u201d Omoni said.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;andale mono&quot;, times;\">\u201cThe deputy commissioner of police in charge of operation and other tactical heads have been mobilised there to restore peace.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gunmen killed at least\u00a021 churchgoers returning from midnight services on Monday in Nigeria\u2019s Rivers State, a police source said, after the latest violence to hit the oil-rich region. \u201cThe gunmen opened fire on a set of worshippers at about 12.30am on Monday,\u201d said Ugochi Olugbo, a relative of one of the victims who were attending [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":53810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,74],"tags":[4280,3638,3672,10382,10445,10446,629,10443,2061,283,10444,8725,143,1027],"class_list":["post-53809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-74","tag-attack","tag-church","tag-killed","tag-new-year","tag-nigerians","tag-rivers","tag-629","tag-10443","tag-2061","tag-283","tag-10444","tag-8725","tag-143","tag-1027"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53811,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53809\/revisions\/53811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}