Gunmen attacked St Francis Xavier church during Sunday mass in Owo town in southwestern Nigeria’s Ondo state, killing dozens of worshippers, authorities said. A large number of first aid and police teams were sent to the region, the injured were taken to the hospital.
Regional Governor Arakunrin Akedolu described the attack as despicable and stated that security forces had been assigned to punish the criminals.
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians took to the streets after Friday prayers to protest Israel’s recent attacks on the country. The largest gatherings occurred in the capital, Tehran, where demonstrators marched following prayers at Tehran University.
High-ranking officials, including Iran’s Constitutional Court head Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei and former IRGC commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, joined the protest. Participants waved Iranian, Palestinian, and resistance group flags, and trampled on Israeli and US flags laid on the ground.
Protesters held banners reading “Down with Israel”, “Down with the US”, and “The Zionist regime will be destroyed”, while chanting slogans such as “We stand behind our leader”, “Everyone who clashed with Khamenei will eventually be destroyed”, and “Our right to nuclear weapons”.
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