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Nigerian seminarian burned alive in attack on rectory

“The attackers were aiming to kidnap the parish priest. When they failed in their attempt to enter the father's house, they set it on fire.”

Fr. Justine John Dyikuk
Sep 08, 2023
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A Catholic seminarian was burnt to death during an attack on the rectory of his parish in north central Nigeria on Thursday night.

Assailants stormed the rectory of St. Raphael parish in the Diocese of Kafanchan at around 8 p.m. Thursday night, diocesan officials said.

Seminarian Na'aman Danlami was killed in a rectory fire Sept. 7.

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