Article 62N52 Police in Nigeria find 20 mummified bodies in ‘suspected ritual shrine’

Police in Nigeria find 20 mummified bodies in ‘suspected ritual shrine’

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Associated Press in Abuja
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Three men arrested after bodies including those of children discovered during raid of building in Benin City

Police in Nigeria have discovered 20 mummified bodies including those of children in a building in Benin City, in a case that has shocked the country.

Three suspects were arrested during the raid in southern Nigeria, Jennifer Iwegbu, a police spokesperson said in a statement late Wednesday. Armed police officers raided the building in Benin City, the capital of Edo state, acting on intelligence that it was a suspected ritual shrine", she said.

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