Attacks in Nigeria by a radical Muslim sect killed at least 39 people Sunday, according to published media reports.
The violence on Christmas Day underscored the threat the Boko Haram sect poses to Nigeria's government.
Most of the deaths occurred when a bomb exploded at the St. Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla near Nigeria's capital of Abuja, the
Associated Press reported. Thirty-five people died and 52 were wounded at the church, according to an official with Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency, the
AP said.
Elsewhere, a bomb exploded near the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Church in the central Nigerian city of Jos, and gunmen later fired at police guarding the area, killing one officer, the
AP reported, citing a government representative.
And in Damaturu, a suicide bomber blew up a car at the local headquarters of Nigeria's secret police, killing three people, the news agency added.
World leaders and the Vatican denounced the violence in oil-rich Nigeria.
Following the bombings, a Boko Haram representative claimed responsibility for them in a newspaper interview, the
AP added.
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