Two people were injured yesterday in a bomb explosion in northeastern Nigeria.
It
was the third day of violence in the city of Maiduguri, which on Saturday two people
killed by gunmen, and a series of bomb attacks on Sunday which killed at least 25
people.
The authorities blame the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, which
draws inspiration from Afghanistan’s Taliban movement.
Christians in the region
are now concerned for their safety.
“The are rumours, especially when we get
close to the weekend, that the Boko Haram would like to strike,” says Rev. Yunusa
Nmadu, the head of the Nigerian office of Christian Solidarity Worldwide.
“There
is fear, but there is also security consciousness, in order to see that we are not
badly hit by the activities of this evil group,” he told Vatican Radio.
Listen
to the full interview by Charles Collins with Rev. Yunusa Nmadu: