Gunmen attack church in Nigeria, killing two and kidnapping others

Gunmen reportedly attacked a religion successful Nigeria, sidesplitting astatine slightest 2 radical and kidnapping the pastor and immoderate worshippers, according to Reuters, which cited constabulary and witnesses.

The onslaught occurred connected Tuesday evening successful Eruku, a municipality successful cardinal Nigeria's Kwara State. Reuters said it reviewed and verified a video from a section quality outlet showing gunfire interrupting a work astatine Christ Apostolic Church and forcing parishioners to instrumentality cover. The outlet noted that successful the video, equipped men are seen entering and taking worshippers' belongings arsenic gunshots ringing out.

AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the politician of Kwara State, Nigeria, reportedly asked for the contiguous deployment of information operatives aft the attack, Reuters reported citing the governor's spokesperson.

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Worshippers commune up of proceeding gunshots and gunmen entering the Church successful Eruku, Kwara state, Nigeria, connected Nov. 18, 2025, successful this screengrab taken from a societal media video.  (Social media/via Reuters)

The onslaught comes conscionable days aft gunmen kidnapped 25 girls from a boarding schoolhouse successful Nigeria’s Kebbi State and killed astatine slightest 1 staffer. Police spokesperson Nafi'u Abubakar Kotarkoshi told The Associated Press the gunmen had "sophisticated weapons" and exchanged occurrence with guards earlier abducting the girls.

"A combined squad is presently combing suspected flight routes and surrounding forests successful a coordinated hunt and rescue cognition aimed astatine recovering the abducted students and arresting the perpetrators," helium said, adding that 1 idiosyncratic was killed and different was injured.

Gunmen prime up the belongings near down by worshippers who ran for screen aft proceeding gunshots, arsenic they locomotion into a Church successful Eruku, Kwara state, Nigeria, Nov. 18, 2025, successful this representation obtained from societal media. (Social media/via Reuters)

President Donald Trump has designated Nigeria arsenic a state of peculiar interest amid escalating unit against Christians successful the West African nation.

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On Tuesday, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz held an lawsuit highlighting the ongoing unit successful Nigeria. During the event, Waltz called the killings of Christians successful Nigeria "genocide wearing the disguise of chaos."

"There is simply a assemblage of evidence, and you are going to perceive that from our experts contiguous that paints a precise grim representation of disproportionate suffering among Christians, where, again, families are torn apart, clergy is repeatedly assassinated, and full congregations, religion congregations," Waltz said.

Worshippers tally for screen aft proceeding gunshots successful a Church successful Eruku, Kwara state, Nigeria, Nov. 18, 2025, successful this screengrab taken from a societal media video. (Social media/via Reuters)

"Folks, we person an full religion that is being erased, 1 slug astatine a time, 1 torched Bible astatine a time," helium added.

Rap superstar Nicki Minaj, who has been vocal astir her enactment for the Trump administration's efforts to combat the persecution of Christians successful Nigeria, spoke astatine Waltz's event.

"In Nigeria, Christians are being targeted, driven from their homes and killed. Churches person been burned. Families person been torn apart, and full communities unrecorded successful fearfulness constantly, simply due to the fact that of however they pray," Minaj said.

"Sadly, this occupation is not lone a increasing occupation successful Nigeria, but besides successful truthful galore different countries crossed the world, and it demands urgent action," the rap mogul said. "And I privation to beryllium clear, protecting Christians successful Nigeria is not astir taking sides oregon dividing people. It is astir uniting humanity."

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Fox News Digital reached retired to AbdulRazaq's bureau and the U.S. ngo to the United Nations.

Fox News Digital's Ashley Carnahan and Paul Tilsley contributed to this report.