Church bombed in Nigeria's town of Jos
Reuters
2012-03-12
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A suspected suicide bomber attacked a Catholic church in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday (March 11), killing three people, authorities said.
A Reuters reporter at the scene of the church bombing was unable to gain access, as the police had cordoned off the area around Finber's Catholic Church in the Rayfield suburb of Jos.
Emergency workers said the blast occurred at around 10 in the morning local timing.
Earlier NEMA called it a suspected suicide bombing, but Aliyu said this was not yet confirmed.
Islamist sect Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for a wave of bomb attacks on churches across Nigeria since Christmas Day.
The bombing campaign has raised fears that the group is trying to ignite sectarian conflict in Africa's most populous country, split roughly evenly between Christians and Muslims.
A suspected suicide bomber attacked a Catholic church in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday (March 11), killing three people, authorities said.
A Reuters reporter at the scene of the church bombing was unable to gain access, as the police had cordoned off the area around Finber's Catholic Church in the Rayfield suburb of Jos.
Emergency workers said the blast occurred at around 10 in the morning local timing.
Earlier NEMA called it a suspected suicide bombing, but Aliyu said this was not yet confirmed.
Islamist sect Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for a wave of bomb attacks on churches across Nigeria since Christmas Day.
The bombing campaign has raised fears that the group is trying to ignite sectarian conflict in Africa's most populous country, split roughly evenly between Christians and Muslims.
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