The
following excerpts are from ChristianPost.com:
At
least five people were killed and eight others injured in a bomb
attack on a Catholic church in Nigeria's northern city of Kano on
Sunday. The bombing was blamed on the Islamist terror group Boko
Haram.
The
Saint Charles Catholic church, which is situated in Kano's Sabon Gari
(foreign quarter) area, a mainly Christian area, was attacked shortly
after the end of Sunday mass, police spokesman Frank Mba told Agence
France Presse.
"We
suspect an IED (improvised explosive device) that was thrown from
across the road," the spokesman said.
In
a separate incident in Kano city on Sunday, police prevented a woman
from carrying out an attack outside a university, following which she
blew herself up. Five police officials were injured while isolating
her.
Following
the two incidents on Sunday, Kano's emir cancelled the celebration of
the Eid festival, which marks the end of the Muslim month of Ramadan.
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Five Killed in Bombing of Catholic Church in Nigeria
