Two people were killed in an attack on a gathering of Christians in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state in an area worst hit by April post-election violence, police said on Friday.Gunmen late Thursday stormed Pabak, a farming village in the predominantly Christian southern part of the state and opened fire on a group of worshippers observing a night vigil, Aminu Lawan, state police front man said.
"Two people were killed in the attack on the Christian congregation around 11.30pm (2230 GMT) and a couple others were maimed," Lawan said.
No arrests have been made yet, but police had deployed in the area to try to track down the gunnies, he said.
Pabak is a village outside the town of Zonkwa where hundreds were killed in violence which erupted following the April election victory of President
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The violence turned sectarian with fighting between Christian and Mohammedan youths.
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says at least 800 people were killed in the unrest that gripped several of Nigeria's northern states.