Deeper Life Bible Church shooting
| Deeper Life Church shooting | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Nigerian Sharia conflict | |
| Location | Deeper Life Bible Church, Otite, Kogi State, Nigeria |
| Coordinates | 7°36′36″N 6°16′23″E / 7.6100°N 6.2730°E |
| Date | 7 August 2012 |
| Target | Christian civilians |
Attack type | mass shooting |
| Weapons | AK-47 assault rifles |
| Deaths | 19 |
No. of participants | 3 |
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.