Five killed in church bombing

Five people are dead following a suicide bombing during a Christian church service in north-east Nigeria.

Five killed in church bombing

It is the latest in a week of attacks blamed on the Islamic extremist group, Boko Haram. Some 200 people have been killed. Nearly 100 men and boys, praying in a mosque, were gunned down on Wednesday.

In the latest, police rushed to the Redeemed Christian Church of God, in Potiskum, the largest city in northeastern Yobe state. The blast came from a woman in the congregation.

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