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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 three people at a prominent church in the troubled central Nigerian city of Jos. | A suicide car bomber has killed at least three people at a prominent 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. | Witnesses said the suicide bomber rammed his car into the Church of Christ during an early morning service. |
| A woman was killed as he sped towards the church, and a father and child died in the resulting explosion. | A woman was killed as he sped towards the church, and a father and child died in the resulting explosion. |
| No group has said it carried out the attack, but suspicion will fall on the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram. | No group has said it carried out 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. | The group has carried out a number of bloody attacks across Nigeria in its quest to overthrow the government and create an Islamic state. |
| Christmas Day attacks | Christmas Day attacks |
| The bomber drove towards the church through unmanned gates, killing a woman in the process, eyewitnesses said. | The bomber drove towards the church through unmanned gates, killing a woman in the process, eyewitnesses said. |
| The bomber then detonated the explosives and pieces of the car tore into the church. Local officials later said the blast killed a father and his child who were worshipping inside the church at the time. | The bomber then detonated the explosives and pieces of the car tore into the church. Local officials later said the blast killed a father and his child who were worshipping inside the church at the time. |
| At least 38 people had to be taken to hospital for treatment, the National Emergency Management Agency said. | At least 38 people had to be taken to hospital for treatment, the National Emergency Management Agency said. |
| Christian human rights activists suspect Boko Haram of carrying out the attack, which they say is the deadliest on a church in Jos, the BBC's Mark Lobel reports from Lagos. | Christian human rights activists suspect Boko Haram of carrying out the attack, which they say is the deadliest on a church in Jos, the BBC's Mark Lobel reports from Lagos. |
| Boko Haram has 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 admitted attacking several churches across the country on Christmas Day 2011, killing nearly 40 people at one church outside the capital, Abuja, alone. |
| The group has also claimed responsibility for a string of bomb blasts around Jos on Christmas Eve 2010 that killed at least 80 people. | The group has also claimed responsibility for a string of bomb blasts around Jos on Christmas Eve 2010 that killed at least 80 people. |
| Hundreds have died in religious and ethnic violence in Jos - the capital of Plateau state - in recent years, our correspondent says. | Hundreds have died in religious and ethnic violence in Jos - the capital of Plateau state - in recent years, our correspondent says. |