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ISIOKWE, Anambra State — A violent Sunday morning attack on St. Andrew's Anglican Church in the Lilu community has left two worshippers dead, including the wife of the church's priest, and marked a distressing escalation of insecurity in Nigeria's southeastern region. The assault, which occurred in the early hours of December 7, 2025, saw heavily armed assailants invade the church premises in Isiokwe, Ihiala Local Government Area, as congregants were preparing for service. Eyewitnesses described a scene of terror where the gunmen opened fire before setting buildings ablaze. The wife of the parish priest, Venerable Obiese, was among those killed. While the priest escaped unharmed, his residence (the parsonage) was completely razed, along with at least two vehicles and a motorcycle. The main church building was also partially burnt. Another victim, whose identity remains unknown, was also killed in the attack. Official Condemnation and Police Response The Anambra...

A 21-year-old Ukrainian student, the son of a deputy mayor, has been found burned to death in Vienna in a brutal murder that Austrian police believe was motivated by the extortion of a large sum of cryptocurrency. A brutal murder in Vienna has shocked Austria and Ukraine, as a young student was tortured and set on fire in what authorities allege was an extortion plot targeting his cryptocurrency holdings. The victim, Danilo Kuzmin, 21, was the son of Sergey Kuzmin, the deputy mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine. He had been living in Vienna since fleeing the Russian invasion. His charred remains were discovered last Wednesday in the back seat of his father's burned-out Mercedes, which had been abandoned under a bridge. An autopsy revealed that before being set alight, Kuzmin suffered severe blunt force trauma, including head injuries and broken teeth. He ultimately died from suffocation or heat shock shortly after the fire started. A melted petrol canister...