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Injuries severe after Bauchi, Nigeria suicide bomb attack

June 7, 2012 Nigeria Bauchi, Nigeria

Amid allegations that soldiers were responsible for at least eight of 21 deaths after the suicide bombing of two churches here on Sunday (June 3), sources told World Watch Monitor that most of those injured from the blast and alleged military shooting were in critical condition. A statement reportedly from . . . Read More

Blast wreaks bloodshed on two churches in Bauchi, Nigeria

June 2, 2012 Nigeria Abuja, Bauchi, Boko Haram, Churches, Islamic extremism, Nigeria, Sharia

A suicide bomber crashed the gate of a church compound in this northern Nigerian city this morning, killing himself and at least 10 others and leaving more than 30 injured, according to eyewitnesses and officials. The Islamic extremist Boko Haram group was suspected of detonating the bomb at the gate . . . Read More

Parents torn over loss of daughter in Nigeria

March 22, 2012 Nigeria Bauchi, Nigeria

Nearly seven months after their 24-year-old daughter disappeared during a wave of Islamic extremist violence here, Helen and Dakim Gyang Bot can only assume that the voice on the other end of her cell phone that told them “we have killed her” was telling the truth. The body of Simi . . . Read More

Suicide bombers attack worship service in Jos, Nigeria

February 26, 2012 Nigeria Bauchi, Boko Haram, Borno, Church of Christ in Nigeria, Islamic extremism, Jos, Maiduguri, Niger, Nigeria, Potiskum, Sharia, Yobe

Two suicide bombers from the Boko Haram Islamist sect drove a car laden with bombs into the worship service of a Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) congregation here this morning, killing at least one Christian and injuring dozens of other church members, sources said. A man claiming to be . . . Read More

Seven Christians killed in Bauchi, Nigeria

January 24, 2012 Nigeria Bauchi, Boko Haram, Nigeria

Early morning attacks in Tafawa Balewa, Bauchi state on Sunday (Jan. 22) left at least seven Christians dead and a church building destroyed. The attack on the Evangelical Church Winning All Church 2, residents of Tafawa Balewa said, was carried out by area Islamic extremists alongside members of the Boko . . . Read More

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