Abuja, Nigeria, Jun 21, 2016 / 23:54 pm
After the sorrow of an April massacre in southeastern Nigeria, a Catholic bishop said the killers of dozens of people must still be forgiven.
"Although we may find it hard to forgive the violent attack that has brought us so much grief, we know that an unforgiving spirit will never bring us peace," Bishop Godfrey Igwebuike Onah of Nsukka said at a burial service for nine of the victims.
In April, invaders suspected to be Fulani herdsmen attacked the Nimbo community in the locality of Uzo-Uwani in southeastern Nigeria's Enugu State. They killed scores of people, slaughtered livestock and destroyed several properties, including a Catholic church.
The bishop encouraged mourners to "turn to God in gratitude, with faith, hope and charity," the Catholic News Agency of Africa reports. He prayed that the region will never witness a similar tragedy.