Another attack targets Nigerian Christians on Sunday

13 March, 2012

Nigeria (MNN) ― It's been another Sunday where the echoes of a bomb shattered another worship service in Nigeria.

Two weeks after a suicide bomb attack by the Islamist sect Boko Haram during a church service left at least three Christians dead, a similar blast during a church service in Jos (Plateau State) on March 11, 2012 killed at least ten people.

Rae Burnett, Africa Director for Christian Aid Mission, says the sect is focused on clearing obstacles from their goal. "Their main emphasis has really been to affect Islamic decision makers who would then force Sharia in Nigeria, and they were trying to put pressure on them."

Compass Direct News reports that the explosion damaged the church's roof, windows, and a portion of a fence surrounding its compound. There were also reports of reprisal attacks, says Burnett. "Some so-called Christian youths did retaliate. There's been a lot of that, actually, in Jos, so it's a serious danger--partially because the government is doing absolutely nothing, because they're afraid themselves and they're not doing anything in all this lawlessness. " the rest