One dies in another church attack by Boko Haram

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Gunmen suspected to be members of the militant Boko Haram has attacked christian worshippers at a church in Biu, Borno state, reports said.

According to Samson Bukar, the Christian Association of Nigeria chairman in Biu, a female worshipper died instantly, while several others were wounded, two critically.

The gunmen disappeared after their act, the CAN official said. It was the second attack today, after the bombing of the God Chosen Church in Jos.

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Borno and the neighbouring Yobe state have been the epicentres of the Boko Haram insurgency, which has led to the death of close to 1,200 people in Nigeria.

The churches have been the favorite haunt of the sect that craves the Islamization of Nigeria.

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