Deeper Life Bible Church shooting

On 7 August 2012, a mass shooting occurred at Deeper Life, an evangelical Christian church near Okene in Nigeria's central Kogi State. Three unidentified gunmen killed 19 people, including the church's pastor. The following day, in an apparent reprisal killing, three gunmen on motorcycles killed two soldiers and a civilian outside a mosque in Okene.

Deeper Life Church shooting
Part of the Nigerian Sharia conflict
Okene
Okene (Nigeria)
LocationDeeper Life Bible Church, Otite, Kogi State, Nigeria
Coordinates7.6100°N 6.2730°E / 7.6100; 6.2730
Date7 August 2012
TargetChristian civilians
Attack type
mass shooting
WeaponsAK-47 assault rifles
Deaths19
No. of participants
3
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