Bandits have reportedly killed over 50 persons in an attack on the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State.

Apart from worshippers, the bandits also killed passerby hit by stray bullets.

Witnesses said the attack occurred during the church’s Sunday service.

It was gathered the injured and the dead were rushed to the Federal Medical Centre Owo, for medical attention.

Chief Medical Director (CMD) of FMC, Owo, Dr Liasu Adeagbo, said many medical personnel have been deployed to cater for the injured persons.

But a nurse at Owo, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said there was not enough medical personnel on ground to attend to the victims at the emergency unit of the hospital.

She said many of the victims were taken to a private hospital.