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Nigerian Police Detain Suspects in Sunday Church Shooting - Reports

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Nigerian police have detained several people on suspicion of their possible links to the recent shooting at the church in the southern country's city of Ozubulu in the Anambra state, local media reported Monday.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Sunday, Anambra police said that at least eight people were killed and 18 more were injured in the shooting. The death toll subsequently grew to 11.

According to the YNaija newspaper, the Anambra State Police stated that it had detained a number of suspects in Sunday's tragedy, however, they had not released the details about the specific number of the detainees.

The news outlet added that Nkeiruka Nwode, a spokeswoman of the police, ruled out the terrorist nature of the deadly attack.

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