By Ahmed Kingimi

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -Gunmen have attacked a church in Nigeria, killing at least two people and kidnapping the pastor and some worshippers, police and witnesses said on Wednesday, days after 25 girls were abducted from a boarding school.

The attack on Tuesday evening in the town of Eruku in central Nigeria puts more pressure on the government, which is under scrutiny from U.S. President Donald Trump who has threatened military action over persecution of Christians.

Nigeria is grappling with an Islamist insurgency in the northeast, abductions and killings by armed gangs mainly in the northwest and deadly clashes between mainly Muslim herdsmen and mostly Christian farmers in its central belt.

In the latest attack, police responded to gunfire around 6 p.m. on Tuesday and di

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