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Three blasts hit churches in Nigeria Kaduna province
« on: June 17, 2012, 10:23:07 AM »
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18475853

At least three blasts have hit churches in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna.

A local Red Cross worker told Associated Press that at least two people had been killed and 48 injured in two of the attacks.

Two blasts hit Sunday church services close to the city of Zaria.

No one has yet claimed responsibility, but Kaduna state has previously seen attacks by the radical Islamist group Boko Haram.

Last week the group attacked two church services, sparking violence which killed seven people. Hundreds have died in its previous attacks on churches.
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Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency said at least two of the blasts happened in the Wusasa and Sabon-Gari districts of Zaria.

Wusasa is the site of the first church to be built in northern Nigeria.

Other reports suggest the third blast happened in the nearby city of Kaduna, the state capital.

Boko Haram has previously justified attacks on churches by saying they were carried out in revenge for killings of Muslims in central Nigeria during earlier bouts of violence.

Recently, hardly a Sunday goes by without reports of churches being attacked in Nigeria, the BBC's Will Ross reports from Lagos.

Boko Haram says it wants Islamic sharia law in place across Nigeria and analysts suggest it is trying to trigger clashes between Christians and Muslims, our correspondent says.

Last weekend an archbishop in central Nigeria appealed to Christians not to retaliate when churches are attacked, he adds.
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Re: Three blasts hit churches in Nigeria Kaduna province
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2012, 07:16:31 PM »
This is terrible news. What about Nigerian security forces?
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