Sunday, April 8, 2012

Easter Day Bomber Strikes In Northern Nigeria Killing 38



Nigeria Bombing Kills As Many As 50 Near Church On Easter -- Bloomberg Businessweek

As many as 50 people were killed in a suicide car bombing today near a church in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna.

“It was a big explosion that shook the whole city,” and about 50 people may have died, Shehu Sani, president of the Civil Rights Congress, said by phone from Kaduna. The explosion occurred about 8:30 a.m. local time near the Assemblies of God Protestant church in the city, Sani said. Nobody has claimed responsibility so far.

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More News On The Easter Day Bombings In Nigeria

Bombings hit Nigerian cities on Easter Sunday -- Al Jazeera
Nigeria car bomb leaves 38 dead -- The Telegraph
38 dead after car bomb explodes near two churches in Nigeria -- USA Today/AP
Two Deadly Attacks Hit in Nigeria -- Wall Street Journal
25 killed in Easter Sunday bombing in northern Nigeria -- CNN
Easter bomb attack near Nigeria church kills at least 20 -- AFP
A look at recent car bomb attacks carried out in Nigeria, including those by radical sect -- Washington Post/AP
How to respond to Boko Haram’s evolving threat to Nigeria -- G. Pascal Zachary, Christian Science Monitor

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