Bloody Sunday in Nigeria (OneNewsNow.com)

Bloody Sunday in Nigeria (OneNewsNow.com)

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Bloody Sunday predicted in Nigeria
Becky Yeh - OneNewsNow California correspondent - 6/23/2012 3:55:00 AM

An organization advocating for the persecuted church is calling Americans to urgently respond to a Nigerian terrorist's group's threat to make June the bloodiest month yet.


The Nigerian Islamic group, Boko Haram, has vowed to make June the most violent month yet in attacks against Christians. The Islamic group announced to an online news agency that it plans to launch more attacks in the coming days. More than 100 people have died in Nigeria in the last month due to suicide bombings.
Jonathan Racho of International Christian Concern (ICC) tells OneNewsNow, "In the past, every time they make threats they go ahead and do it, so we have every reason to believe that this is not a rhetorical statement -- and we urge the Nigerian government to take this very seriously and take action."
The group has been attacking Christians and bombing churches every Sunday this month. "From the past trend, we are afraid that this Sunday is going to be one of those devastating Sundays where people go to church and never come back home," laments the ICC spokesman.
Racho urges Americans to call the Nigerian embassy in Washington, DC, and to ask the Nigerian government to take the threats of Boko Haram seriously.

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Sect claims multiple attacks on Nigerian city
DAMATURU, NIGERIA - The Christian Association of Nigeria is accusing that country's government of an ineffective and "cavalier" response to religious violence in which at least 138 people have been killed since Sunday.
The radical Islamist group Boko Haram claims responsibility for attacks aimed at overthrowing what it calls a "heathen government" and replacing it with an Islamic system. The group also claimed responsibility for a trio of church bombings on Sunday.
Despite the violence, President Goodluck Jonathan has gone to Brazil for a U.N. environmental Conference.
The Christian Association of Nigeria blasted the president, saying he's done nothing to end the attacks.
The U.S. State Department said Thursday that three Boko Haram leaders will now be regarded as international terrorists. That blocks any assets the men may have in the U.S. and bars Americans from doing business with them.