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From the Associated Press: <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A suicide car bomber attacked a Catholic church conducting Mass in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing two people and wounding another 45 in a region under assault by a radical Islamist sect, officials said.<\/p>\n

An Associated Press journalist heard the explosion after 9 a.m. Sunday in the city of Bauchi, which has seen a number of bombings and shootings blamed on the sect known as Boko Haram. The blast appeared to hit a parking lot alongside the St. John\u2019s Catholic Church in the city.<\/p>\n

Police and military surrounded the church and did not allow journalists inside the cordon. Later at a nearby hospital, Bauchi deputy police commissioner T. Stevens told journalists told that the bomber had been stopped at the church\u2019s gate, where he detonated the explosives packed inside his car.<\/p>\n

Doctors cautioned more could die from their injuries.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe situation has been brought under control,\u201d Stevens said. \u201cWe have our men minding all areas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stevens said no group or individual had claimed responsibility for the attack, though suspicion immediately fell on Boko Haram. The sect, whose name means \u201cWestern education is sacrilege\u201d in the Hausa language of Nigeria\u2019s north, has been waging an increasingly bloody fight against nation\u2019s weak central government. More than 680 people have died in drive-by killings and bombings blamed on Boko Haram this year alone, according to an AP count. The sect has demanded the release of all its captive members and has called for strict Shariah law to be implemented across the entire country.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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