Pattaya Daily News

Nigeria, March 2010 [PDN]: Muslim extremists invaded the village of Dogo Nahawa at 2:00am, slaughtering Christians with machetes. In some cases, the Muslims wiped out entire families. Of those murdered, 380 were buried in a mass grave. The police have arrested 93 people and recovered various guns, knives and other types of weapons from the suspects. During the attack, the Muslims burned down a Roman Catholic Church, the Evangelical Church of West Africa and the Church of Christ in Nigeria.

General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria Reverend Chuwang Avou said that he had received calls regarding the attack from villagers almost immediately after the massacre commenced. Informing security officials Reverend Avou stated that they attended the scene however did not attempt to intervene and stop the massacre, even stopping Christian residents of a nearby village from entering the area to provide aid.

Reverend Avou, said, “Christians are intimidated. We need assistance from outside Nigeria because we don’t have confidence in this country. We have lost confidence in the security forces in our country . . . . Military people, especially the army, are taking sides. We want the United Nation to come to our aid.”

Nigerian Christian leaders have expressed their outrage over the Muslim attack, which has been labelled “ethnic” violence by the media and politicians. Church leaders said that the Muslims are bent on forcefully converting everyone in Plateau State to Islam believing that the attack was Jihadist movement that has been sweeping the Nigerian Muslim community in recent times. Reverend Avou added, “The Muslims have training grounds in Nigeria, and they get their weapons from outside the country.”

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