Sunday, April 29, 2012

Witness: Attack on Christians in Nigeria kills at least 15

KANO, Nigeria -- Gunmen killed at least 15 people and wounded many more in an attack on a university theater being used by Christian worshippers in Nigeria's northern city of Kano on Sunday, a witness aid.

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Radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, which wants to carve out an Islamic state in northern Nigeria, has killed hundreds in bomb and gun attacks this year. It mainly targets police and authority figures but has also attacked churches.


MORE: http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/29/11456299-witness-attack-on-christians-in-nigeria-kills-at-least-15?lite

See also...

Witness: Gunmen attack Nigeria university campus
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/29/world/africa/nigeria-kano-attack/index.html?hpt=iaf_c1