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A female assistant pastor in Nigeria was hacked to death while preaching in early July, one of many attacks against Christians in the country in recent months.

But Eunice Elisha’s husband Olawale, also a pastor, has said that her attackers should be forgiven, whether or not they are caught. He said: ‘My prayer is that if they can accept Christ it will be a gain for Christ.’