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Suicide Bomber Kills Six At Church In Potiskum, Yobe State. by DickDastardly(m): 1:08pm On Jul 05, 2015
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed six people at a church on Sunday in Potiskum, a town in northeast Nigeria hit by suspected Boko Haram attacks in the past, a Red Cross official and a witness said.

"People were just going to the church when the bomber entered, otherwise the casualty figure would have been higher," said Red Cross official Hassan Alhaji Muhammad, who visited the scene of the blast on the outskirts of Potiskum.

A hospital in Potiskum said it had received the bodies.

Suspected Islamist militant gunmen and bombers killed more than 200 people last week in a spate of bloodletting that prompted renewed outrage and calls for an international meeting to coordinate the offensive against Boko Haram.

French President Francois Hollande said the Boko Haram threat was getting stronger and that he was ready to hold a summit, following one in Paris in May 2014, to gather the leaders of countries fighting the insurgents.

New Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is due to visit his counterpart in Cameroon after the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and meets U.S. President Barack Obama on July 20, when the fight against Boko Haram is likely to be high on the agenda.

Potiskum is in Yobe state next to Borno, a remote state which is Boko Haram's stronghold in Nigeria and borders Cameroon, Chad and Niger.

(Reporting by Ardo Abdallah; Editing by David Clarke and Janet Lawrence)



Source: http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0PF0D120150705?irpc=932
Re: Suicide Bomber Kills Six At Church In Potiskum, Yobe State. by DickDastardly(m): 1:11pm On Jul 05, 2015
Let's pray for Northeasterners in distress.
Re: Suicide Bomber Kills Six At Church In Potiskum, Yobe State. by Davidson267(m): 1:12pm On Jul 05, 2015
God bless the deads
Re: Suicide Bomber Kills Six At Church In Potiskum, Yobe State. by demmy0325(m): 1:13pm On Jul 05, 2015
Rip to the dead...
Re: Suicide Bomber Kills Six At Church In Potiskum, Yobe State. by Beesluv: 1:14pm On Jul 05, 2015
hmm

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