Mummified corpses in Nigeria: Police find 20 corpses at suspicious shrine

Mummified corpses in Nigeria: Police find 20 corpses at suspicious shrine

Chris Evokor BBC News, Abuja

A police station in Nigeria

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Police have arrested 3 people in connection with the mummified bodies.

Police have arrested three people after 20 mummified bodies were found near the town of Benin in Edo State, southern Nigeria.

Bodies were found in a building believed to have been used as a voodoo practice.

Police spokesman Chidi Nwabuzor told the BBC that the bodies of 15 men, three women and two children had been found.

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