19 people die in attack on Christians in Nigeria

Behind the terrorist command for an evangelical church with 19 deaths suspected Islamist terror group Boko Haram. The group committed suicide in the past several attacks on Christian churches. Since 2009, when attacks in Nigeria, killing more than a thousand people. An armed command was killed in an attack on an evangelical church in the Nigerian city of Okene the pastor and at least 18 worshipers. Several visitors were injured. An army official said the bombers were during the evening service on Monday entered the Church of the Deeper Life Bible movement in Okene. Since 2009, when such attacks in Nigeria, killing more than a thousand people. The Deeper Life Bible Church is an evangelical Christian denomination that has spread in Nigeria in recent decades with great speed. On the attack in Okene known at first no one. The Islamist group Boko Haram committed in the past several attacks on Christian churches, especially in Muslim-dominated north of the country. Christians live in the south of Nigeria, Muslims in the north rather "They went to church, have simply opened fire, and just walked away," said the police spokesman in the state, Simon Ile. "Through their motives we know nothing. "When Boko-Haram attacks of the past, there was a similar story.The Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan accused Boko Haram in June to try to bring their attacks on churches to destabilize the government. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. Over the centuries, an Islamic dominance has emerged in the north, while to the south, Christians dominate. On Saturday, a video of the alleged Boko Haram leaders Abubakar Shekau was posted on the Internet, where this president Jonathan and U.S. President Barack Obama criticized because he was considered in June by the U.S. government as a "global terrorist."