Ataques de seita muçulmana radical a igreja fazem dezenas de mortos na Nigéria

Attacks across Nigeria by a radical Muslim sect killed at least 39 people Sunday, with the majority dying on the steps of a Catholic church in a massive explosion after Christmas Mass.
Elsewhere, a bomb exploded amid gunfire in the central Nigeria city of Jos and a suicide car bomber attacked the military in the nation's northeast as part of an apparently coordinated assault by the sect known as Boko Haram.
The Christmas Day violence, denounced by world leaders and the Vatican, showed the threat of the widening insurrection posed by Boko Haram against Nigeria's weak central government. Despite a recent paramilitary crackdown against the sect in the oil-rich nation, it appears that Africa's most populous nation remains unable to stop the threat.
"These are cowardly attacks on families gathered in peace and prayer to celebrate a day which symbolizes harmony and goodwill towards others," Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a statement.

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Treze cristãos massacrados perto da cidade de Jos na Nigéria

Treize personnes, dont des femmes et des enfants, ont été tuées la nuit dernière dans l'attaque d'un village près de Jos, dans le centre de Nigeria, théâtre de violences récurrentes entre chrétiens et musulmans, rapporte la radio d'Etat mercredi.

La plupart des victimes ont été tuées à coups de machette et trois cabanes ont été incendiées.

L'attaque qui s'est produite vers 01h30 (00h30 GMT) visait le village de Byei, dans la région de Riyom, à 30 kilomètres au sud de Jos, la capitale de l'Etat du Plateau, a précisé la radio citant le président de la municipalité de Riyom. [...]

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