Thousands of Christians ‘deliberately targeted’ and killed in Nigeria, new report says
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A new report by faith-based Open Doors claims Christians are being deliberately targeted in an unrelented manner in Nigeria. The report claims 4,998 Chritians were killed in Nigeria because of their faith last year.
Paul Tilsley is a veteran correspondent who has reported on African affairs for more than three decades from Johannesburg, South Africa. He can be followed on Twitter @paultilsley
"Last year alone, in Nigeria there were more people that were killed because of their Christian faith than all other places in the globe combined," Ryan Brown, the CEO Of Open Doors U.S., told Fox News Digital, adding "to be specific, there were 4998 Christians that were killed because of their faith in Nigeria last year."
In testimonies recorded for the Open Doors International report, titled "No Road Home," attacks on Christians are said to have been carried out by Islamist terror groups Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa Province, and predominantly Muslim Fulani militants, who originally were herdsmen.
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