The Ondo Catholic Diocese
has announced Friday, June 17, 2022, as the date of mass burial for the victims of the gunmen’s attack at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, last Sunday.
The church had stated that 40 people were killed in the attack, and several others were injured.
The Diocese of Ondo’s Director of Social Communication, Rev. Fr. Augustine Ikwu told newsmen.
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The mass burial venue would happen at a new cemetery on Emure Road in Owo, he added.
Meanwhile, reports stated that the injured victims were still receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Center and the St. Louis Catholic Church both in Owo as well as in other private hospitals in the state.
