(Reuters) Islamic sect claims Nigeria attacks, toll at 86

A radical Islamist sect said on Tuesday it was behind bombings in central Nigeria and attacks on churches in the northeast of the country that led to the deaths of at least 86 people.

The police said on Tuesday that 80 people were killed in Christmas Eve bomb attacks and clashes two days later between Muslim and Christian youths in central Nigeria, while more than 100 are wounded in hospitals.

“We have recovered 80 dead bodies so far in Jos,” Daniel Gambo, an official at the Nigerian emergency management agency said late on Monday.

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2 comments on “(Reuters) Islamic sect claims Nigeria attacks, toll at 86

  1. Lutheran-MS says:

    Peaceful Religion?

  2. Nikolaus says:

    Reuters gets an A+ at sweeping Islamic violence under the rug.