Bomb Wounds 7 at Nigerian Arabic School

Police in southern Nigeria say assailants
have thrown a bomb into an Arabic school,
wounding seven people days after a string
of deadly church bombings across the
country.
Authorities in Delta state say the homemade
bomb went off after it was thrown from a
car late Tuesday. Six children were among
the wounded.
The attack follows a string of four
coordinated bombings Sunday that killed at
least 39 people.
The radical Muslim sect Boko Haram claimed
responsibility for the Christmas Day attacks.
Christians in northern Nigeria have warned
that increased violence could lead to a
religious war.
In other violence, gunmen shot and killed a
young girl and her parents late Tuesday in a
Christian-dominated village near the central
city of Jos. Officials suspect the attack was
carried out by Muslim tribesmen.
Jos is the site of frequent clashes between
Christians and Muslims.
Boko Haram, whose name means "Western
education in sinful" in the Hausa language,
wants to establish a strict Islamic state in
Nigeria. It does not recognize the
government or the country's constitution.
The country of 150 million is about evenly
divided between Muslims, who mostly live
in the north, and Christians who dominate
in the south.
Hundreds of others have died this year in
bombings and shootings blamed on Boko
Haram.
Some information for this report was
provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.