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Nigeria unrest: Suicide bomb targets church in Jos | Nigeria unrest: Suicide bomb targets church in Jos |
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A suicide car bomber has killed at least two people at a church in the troubled central Nigerian city of Jos. | A suicide car bomber has killed at least two people at a church in the troubled central Nigerian city of Jos. |
Witnesses said the suicide bomber rammed his car into the Church of Christ during an early morning service. | |
A Reuters reporter at the scene saw two bodies, but a churchgoer told the AFP news agency that three members of the congregation were killed and 10 hurt. | A Reuters reporter at the scene saw two bodies, but a churchgoer told the AFP news agency that three members of the congregation were killed and 10 hurt. |
No-one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but suspicion will fall on the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram. | No-one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but suspicion will fall on the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram. |
The group has carried out a number of bloody attacks across Nigeria in its quest to overthrow the government and create an Islamic state. | |
It admitted attacking several churches across the country on Christmas Day 2011, killing nearly 40 people at one church outside the capital, Abuja, alone. | |
Boko Haram has also claimed responsibility for a string of bomb blasts in Jos on Christmas Eve 2010 that killed at least 80 people. | |
Ethnic and religious tensions have run high for years in Jos and Plateau state, of which it is the capital. | Ethnic and religious tensions have run high for years in Jos and Plateau state, of which it is the capital. |
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