Terror attacks by the radical Muslim sect Boko Haram across Nigeria on Christmas Day have left 39 people dead and dozens wounded.

A bombing targeted St. Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla near the nation’s capital of Abuja killed 35 people and wounded another 52, according to the AP news agency.

A second bombing happened near a church in Jos, capital of Plateau state. Gunmen opened fire on police guarding the area, killing one officer.

In the third incident, a suspected suicide-bomber rammed a car into the entrance of the State Security Service building in the northeastern city of Damaturu, the capital of Yobe state where fighting between security forces and the sect already had killed at least 72 people in recent days, killing four people and the bomber.

The Boko Haram, a group that draws inspiration from Afghanistan’s Taliban movement, claimed responsibility for the Abuja church attack, the Abuja-based Trust newspaper reported, citing a spokesman for the group, Abu Qaqa. The claim couldn’t be independently verified.

Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country of more than 160 million people, is roughly split between a mainly Muslim north and a Christian south. Radical Islamic group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for at least 504 deaths in Nigeria this year alone.   »»» Muslim group Boko Haram bomb attacks in Nigeria on Christmas kill 39, wound at least 50 – Taiwan News Online

Boko Haram may call itself “Muslim” but they have gone far from the doctrines of Islam. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be on him) has specifically forbidden attacks on Christian churches and Jewish synagogues.

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