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Created: 2025-07-26 03:45:37 UTC

Notable church shootings/attacks worldwide (focusing on firearms, post-2000):

- 2025, Damascus, Syria: Gunman fired on worshippers, detonated vest; 20+ killed, XX injured.
- 2024, Istanbul, Turkey: Gunmen attacked service; X killed.
- 2022, Owo, Nigeria: Gunmen massacred attendees; XX killed, XX injured.
- 2019, Sri Lanka (Easter): Bombings in churches; XXX killed (some gunfire reported).
- 2017, Sinai, Egypt: Gunmen attacked mosque (house of worship); XXX killed.
- 2010, Baghdad, Iraq: Siege with guns; XX killed.

Sources: Open Doors, news reports. These often stem from extremism.


XX engagements

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