Nigerian officials said that 163 worshippers were kidnapped on Sunday when heavily armed bandits raided at least two churches during services. The abductions reportedly occurred in a rural Christian community in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state in north-central Nigeria. Sunday’s attack “was carried out by bandits who arrived in large numbers, while the worshippers were in the middle of the service,” Rev. Joseph Hayab, head of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) for the country’s north, told media outlets on Monday. “172 people were initially abducted, but nine of them escaped immediately after the attack.”