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The casualty report for past week's assault on a Catholic church in Nigeria has been revised down to 22 killed and 50 wounded, in accordance to a Nigerian official.

Past stories dependent on witness accounts placed the dying toll at far more than 50 after gunmen fired weapons and detonated explosives inside St. Francis Church. No just one has claimed duty for the attack.

Point out Police Commissioner Oyeyemi Oyediran stated legislation enforcement pursued to attackers, "but however, we could not capture up with them."

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A view of the St. Francis Catholic church in Owo, Nigeria, Monday, June 6, 2022 a day after an attack targeted worshipers. 

A view of the St. Francis Catholic church in Owo, Nigeria, Monday, June 6, 2022 a day after an assault qualified worshipers.  (WHD Picture/Sunday Alamba)

Ondo point out governor Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu referred to as the assault "vile and satanic" in a Sunday statement.

Pope Francis also condemned the attack on Monday calling it an "act of unspeakable violence."

"His Holiness prays for the conversion of these blinded by hatred and violence so that they will decide on alternatively the route of peace and righteousness," a telegram from the Vatican examine.

The attack came approximately two months just after a stampede at a Nigerian church honest killed 31 people today in late March.

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The church truthful was meant to be a charity event in which locals could "store for absolutely free." A lot of attendees arrived as early as 5 a.m. to protected their spots in line. Attendees then broke as a result of the gate, producing a stampede.