NIGERIA-VIOLENCE Jun-8-2011 Explosion damages Nigerian cathedral; extremist group blamed
By Sarah Delaney Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A Catholic cathedral in northern Nigeria was seriously damaged in an explosion caused by a bomb believed to have been set off by a group of Muslim extremists, the Vatican's missionary news agency reported. Eleven people were killed and two police stations were also hit in the June 7 bombing in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state in northeastern … [More]

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