Aftermath of the fires ignited by three car bombs that were set-off in the Nigerian capital of Abuja on October 1, 2010. The attacks coincided with the 50th anniversary celebrations of the independence of the former British colony.
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LAGOS, Nigeria January 2, 2011 (AP)
The main militant group in Nigeria's oil-rich southern
delta says it did not set a bomb that exploded inside
a busy beer garden at an army barracks in the capital.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta
sent journalists a statement Sunday denying
responsibility for the bomb that killed at least four
people and wounded 21 others.
Meanwhile, police say a radical Muslim sect set a
church ablaze Saturday night in the northeastern city
of Maiduguri. No one was hurt in the blaze set by the
group known locally as Boko Haram.
Boko Haram claimed a series of Christmas Eve
bombings that killed dozens in central Nigeria.
Nigeria's president said Saturday the explosives used
at the barracks appeared similar to those used in that
attack.
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