Catholic priest burned alive in Nigeria's hard-hit north

Fr Isaac Achi. He was killed in the Paikoro area of Niger state. [Vatican photo]

A Nigerian priest was burned alive in his home in the country's north on Sunday, police said.

Rev. Isaac Achi was killed in the Paikoro area of Niger state after gunmen failed to break into his house and instead set it on fire, said Wasiu Abiodun, the police spokesman. A second priest living in the compound escaped with a gunshot wound to his shoulder, he said.