Reporting from JOHANNESBURG-bomb blast during Christmas mass left 35 people dead and dozens injured in Nigerian capital Abuja Church.
Boko Haram sect radical Muslim States are responsible for both the Abuja explosion, which left the body on the roof and near the drainage ditch, as well as the bombing near a church in Jos, in which one police officer were killed. In all, at least 39 people were killed Sunday during an ongoing sectarian violence in Nigeria, which also includes at least three explosions in Yobe State, a State farm in the northeast of the country that has often been at the heart of a battle between security forces and Boko Haram.
Diplomats and analysts say the sect of global security, which has members in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and maintaining contact with terror groups in North Africa and Somalia.
Last year, an explosion in Jos on Christmas eve of 32 people were killed and 74 wounded left. In August, the attack on UN Office in Abuja, killing 20 people. In recent days, continuing clashes with paramilitary forces in the North of the country have left 61 people dead. On Friday, the US Embassy in Abuja issued a warning to Americans to beware of “very” in the vicinity of the Church and the General crowd.