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Summary A bomb blast on Christmas Day near a church outside Nigerian capital has killed at least 27 people.
The officials who counted them told me that 27 people died, Father Christopher Barde told AFP, adding that the explosion happened as the Christmas morning service was ending.Meanwhile, a radical sect claimed responsibility for attacks on churches in Nigeria on Christmas Day.A Boko Haram spokesman using the nom de guerre Abul-Qaqa claimed responsibility for the attacks in an interview Sunday with The Daily Trust, the newspaper of record across Nigerias north.After an explosion that struck St. Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, near Nigerias capital Abuja, another blast struck near a church in the central Nigerian city of Jos, while two other explosions have gone off in the northeast state of Yobe. --Agencies
