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Suicide bomber kills five in NE Nigeria church: police, witness
 
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Sun, 5 Jul 2015   ||   Nigeria, Yobe State
 
A suicide bomber on Sunday blew himself up inside a church in the restive northeastern city of Potiskum, killing five worshippers, a police officer and witness told AFP. The bomber entered the uncompleted Redeemed Christian Church of God at 9:55 am in the Jigawa area on the outskirts of the city in Yobe State and detonated his explosives, killing the worshippers, including a woman and her two children as well as the pastor, they said. "Four worshippers died instantly while the fifth victim gave up shortly after she was taken to hospital," a police officer involved in the evacuation told AFP. A witness also confirmed

 

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