Dozens killed in Islamist attack on churches in Nigeria

by Andrew Clark
Monday, November 7, 2011

Churches are among the targets in a series of bombs attacks that have left 63 people dead in the northeastern Nigerian town of Damaturu.

Christians are among the scores of people killed as churches were blasted. Yobe state police HQ was also among the targets hit.

The bombings follow extensive attacks against Nigerian security forces near Maiduguri City by the Islamist group Boko Haram, which means “Western education is forbidden”.

A BBC correspondent in Lagos said people were reporting the death toll could be as high as 92, and AFP reported that hundreds are being treated in hospitals as a result of the attacks.  the rest