{"id":64078,"date":"2025-09-28T02:35:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T02:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=64078"},"modified":"2025-09-28T02:35:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T02:35:27","slug":"gunmen-on-motorbikes-kill-22-at-baptism-ceremony-in-niger-amid-rising-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/gunmen-on-motorbikes-kill-22-at-baptism-ceremony-in-niger-amid-rising-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"\u5c3c\u65e5\u5c14\u66b4\u529b\u5347\u7ea7\uff0c\u9a91\u6469\u6258\u8f66\u7684\u6b66\u88c5\u5206\u5b50\u5728\u6d17\u793c\u4eea\u5f0f\u4e0a\u6740\u5bb322\u4eba"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Gunmen on motorbikes reportedly shot dead at least 22 people at a baptism ceremony in an attack on a village in western Niger. The Sept. 15, 2025, attack happened in the Tillaberi region near Burkina Faso and Mali, where jihadist groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group are active. \/ Credit: Sabrine Amoka\/Shutterstock ACI Africa, Sep 18, 2025 \/ 11:54 am (CNA). Gunmen on motorbikes have reportedly shot dead at least 22 people celebrating a baptism in an\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Gunmen on motorbikes have reportedly shot dead at least 22 people celebrating a baptism in an\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":64077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1064],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-64078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69973,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/nigeria-no-longer-safe-for-children-catholic-bishop-says-after-abduction-of-25-girls\/","url_meta":{"origin":64078,"position":0},"title":"Nigeria \u2018no longer safe for children,\u2019 Catholic bishop says after abduction of 25 girls","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"5 12 \u6708, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Bishop Bulus Yohana Dauwa of Nigeria\u2019s Diocese of Kontagora. In an interview with ACI Africa on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, Dauwa described the recent kidnapping of 25 schoolgirls is a tragic reminder that the country is no longer \u201csafe for its children.\u201d \/ Credit: ACI Africa\/Catholic Diocese of Kontagora ACI Africa, Nov 21, 2025 \/ 13:40 pm (CNA). 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