December 2011 Nigeria bombings

Name: December 2011 Nigeria bombings
Start: 2011

2011 CE.

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A series of attacks occurred during Christmas Day church services in northern Nigeria on 25 December 2011. There were bomb blasts and shootings at churches in Madalla, Jos, Gadaka, and Damaturu. A total of 41 people were reported dead. Boko Haram, a Muslim jihadist group in Nigeria, later claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Text from the Wikipedia article Christmas 2011 Nigeria attacks, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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