At least 32 dead in Nigerian church explosion
China Daily | Updated: 2011-12-26 08:05
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Men look at the wreckage of a car following a bomb blast at St. Theresa Catholic Church outside the Nigerian capital Abuja on Sunday. Two explosions near churches during Christmas Day services in Nigeria, including one outside the country's capital, killed at least 32 people amid spiralling violence blamed on an Islamist group. Agence France-Presse |
LAGOS, Nigeria - An explosion ripped through a Catholic church during Christmas Mass near Nigeria's capital on Sunday, killing at least 32 people, officials said. A second explosion later went off near another church in the restive city of Jos, raising fears that a radical Muslim sect was to blame.
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