Devil In Action (6). 39 Dead in Nigeria Christmas Day Bomb Attacks, Boko Haram Claims Responsibility

Between 27 and 40 people have been killed in Nigeria on Christmas Day in a series of coordinated bomb attacks purportedly by Muslim group Boko Harm, including the bombing of several churches during holiday services.

A purported spokesman for Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the bombing of a church outside Nigeria's capital Abuja and other attacks. Nigeria's national security advisors have also blamed the group for the bombings.

'I don't know where my children are.'
Nigeria is a country divided between the mainly Muslim north and the largely Christian south. Boko Haram, an Islamist sect that aims to impose sharia law across the country, was responsible for a series of Christmas bombings in 2010, as well.

The first target, St. Theresa's Catholic Church in Madala near the capital, was filled with worshippers when a bomb exploded just outside. A Reuters reporter neat the church saw the front roof of the church and several houses near by destroyed by the blast. Five burnt out cars smoldered, some with passengers still inside.