Posted on 12/25/2011 2:54:10 PM PST by NYer
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — An explosion ripped through a Catholic church during Christmas Mass near Nigeria's capital Sunday, killing at least 25 people there, officials said. A radical Muslim sect claimed the attack and another bombing near a church in the restive city of Jos, as explosions also struck the nation's northeast.
The Christmas Day attacks show the growing national ambition of the sect known as Boko Haram, which is responsible for at least 495 killings this year alone, according to an Associated Press count. The assaults come a year after a series of Christmas Eve bombings in Jos claimed by the militants left at least 32 dead and 74 wounded.
The first explosion on Sunday struck St. Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, a town in Niger state close to the capital, Abuja, authorities said. Rescue workers recovered at least 25 bodies from the church and officials continued to tally those wounded in various hospitals, said Slaku Luguard, a coordinator with Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency.
His agency already has acknowledged it didn't have enough ambulances immediately on hand to help the wounded. Luguard also said an angry crowd that gathered at the blast site hampered rescue efforts as they refused to allow workers inside.
"We're trying to calm the situation," Luguard said. "There are some angry people around trying to cause problems."
In Jos, a second explosion struck near a Mountain of Fire and Miracles Church, government spokesman Pam Ayuba said. Ayuba said gunmen later opened fire on police guarding the area, killing one police officer. Two other locally made explosives were found in a nearby building and disarmed, he said.
"The military are here on ground and have taken control over the entire place," Ayuba said.
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Its on the way as well. We never seem to learn over here. Having a commie regime does not help as well. lets hope the next adm. will stop what goes on in many areas.
Islam/muslims=an excuse for terror little else.
Aye, time for a new Crusade.
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And when he had opened the fifth seal,
I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain, for the word of God,
... and for the testimony which they held:
And they cried with a loud voice, saying,
"How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?"
And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
--Revelation 6:9-11
Well with Americans having “2nd Amendment” rights, those same Muslims KNOW to mind their “p’s and q’s”.
As the the Christian faith spreads and grows in the global south, so with more of the attacks against it.
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