Witnesses say an explosion has
struck near a Catholic church in north Nigeria, a region under attack by a
radical Islamist sect.
An Associated Press journalist heard
the explosion after 9 a.m. Sunday in the city of Bauchi. The AP journalist said
the blast occurred at St. John’s Catholic Church in the city.
Emergency responders declined to
immediately say whether there were casualties, though the explosion occurred
during an early morning Mass.
A radical Islamist sect known as
Boko Haram has attacked churches throughout Nigeria’s north with gunmen and
suicide car bombers. The sect is blamed for more than 680 killings this year
alone in Nigeria, according to an AP count.
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