Gunmen killed three villagers and abducted 11 people, including a Catholic priest, during a predawn attack in northwest Nigeria on Saturday, church officials said. The gunmen attacked the priest’s residence in the Kauru local government area of Kaduna state at about 3 a.m., Kaduna’s Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan said in a notice that described the assault as “an act of invasion by a group of terrorists.” The attack is the latest in a cycle of violence that has surged in the conflict-battered north of the country. More than 150 Christians were abducted from three churches in another part of Kaduna in January before being released this week while at least 160 people, mostly Muslims, were killed by Islamic extremists in Kwara state for refusing to be indoctrinated.

Full report : Gunmen killed three people and abducted 11 including a Catholic priest and several others during an early morning attack in Northern Nigeria.