http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-02-26/nigeria-church-bomb/53250530/1
A suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside a major church on Sunday killing three people and injuring 38 in a restive central Nigerian city that has seen hundreds die due to recent violence. The radical Islamist group Boko Haram took responsibility for the attack on the main headquarters of the Church of Christ in Nigeria. This attack follows many others that the group has been responsible for against Christians in the north which has been widening distrust between the two faiths in the country. Boko Haram has launched increasingly bloody attacks across Nigeria including many against churches. The city of Jos and the surrounding Plateau state have been torn apart in recent years by violence pitting its different ethnic groups and religions against each other. However most of the time the violence mostly has to do with local politics, economics, and rights to grazing lands. The government of Plateau state is controlled by Christian politicians who have blocked out Muslims from being recognized as citizens which has locked out many prized government jobs in the region.
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