Father Paul Offu - "A priest in Southern Nigeria was killed Thursday [August 1, 2019] by suspected Fulani radicals while five pastors from a Pentecostal denomination were abducted in a separate incident just outside of Lagos."
The State Department’s newly released annual report on international religious freedom shows continued attacks and abuse by governments and societies against religious minorities in their respective countries.
“My tenure at the helm of the Bishops’ Conference of Burkina-Faso and Niger comes at a difficult time, characterized by attacks on and kidnapping of priests,” said Dabiré. He calls on Christians to resort to prayer and charity as the only appropriate weapon against terrorism.
At least 207 people have been killed and 450 hurt in explosions at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, police say. Eight blasts were reported, including at three churches in Negombo, Batticaloa and Colombo's Kochchikade district during Easter services.
Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed 17 Christians who had gathered after a baby dedication at a church in central Nigeria, including the mother of the child, sources said.
From the January 2018 article in the New York Times "The Golden Lampstand Church in Shanxi Province was one of at least two Christian churches demolished by the authorities in recent weeks, part of what critics describe as a national effort to regulate spiritual life in China."