Explosives were found at a church in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday, police told AFP, adding that the device went off but there were no casualties.
\n\u201cIt was averted because the bomb was detected by the church\u2019s security personnel. There were no casualties,\u201d said Emmanuel Abuh, spokesman for the state police in Plateau, of which Jos is the capital.
\nThe incident in the north of the city came a week after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a church in the northeastern city of Potiskum, killing the pastor and four other worshippers.
\nJos was also targeted last Sunday, when Boko Haram militants fired on a mosque, including with a rocket-propelled grenade, and also hit a restaurant popular with travellers from the restive northeast.
\nThe twin attack left 51 dead and 47 injured.
\nBoko Haram will likely come under suspicion for the latest incident, as it has repeatedly hit both churches and mosques in the past.
\nThe Islamists claimed a failed suicide attack in the northeastern city of Maiduguri that killed two people on Saturday and a suicide bombing in Chad\u2019s capital, N\u2019Djamena that left 15 dead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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