MADALLA: Bomb attacks on churches during Christmas services and a
suicide blast in Nigeria killed at least 40 people amid spiralling
violence claimed by Islamists.A purported spokesman for Islamist group
Boko Haram claimed responsibility for a bombing of a church outside the
capital Abuja and other violence which stoked fear and anger in Africa s
most populous nation.Nigeria s national security adviser blamed Boko
Haram for the horrific attacks that saw worshippers killed as they were
leaving church and burnt inside their cars.Victims at the church outside
the capital, where 35 were killed, ran toward a priest with dying
pleas, including one man who was mortally wounded. The series of attacks
drew condemnation from the Vatican, the White House and several western
countries.Nigerian authorities were unable to prevent the latest
attacks despite military crackdowns and claims of arrests of Boko Haram
members in the country, roughly divided between a mainly Muslim north
and mostly Christian south.
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