{"id":10770,"date":"2011-12-11T08:51:53","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T08:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/nigeria-explosion-hits-mosque-in-countrys-oil-region\/"},"modified":"2011-12-11T08:51:53","modified_gmt":"2011-12-11T08:51:53","slug":"nigeria-explosion-hits-mosque-in-countrys-oil-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/11\/nigeria-explosion-hits-mosque-in-countrys-oil-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Explosion Hits Mosque in Country&#8217;s Oil Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rnw.nl\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/rnw180.png\" alt=\"Radio Netherlands Worldwide (Hilversum)\" title=\"Visit Radio Netherlands Worldwide (Hilversum)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>10 December 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>An explosion damaged a mosque early Saturday in a town in Nigeria&#8217;s southern oil rich Niger Delta, police and a government source said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was an incident in Sapele,&#8230; several persons were injured, but no deaths,&#8221; a government official who asked not to be named told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Delta State police spokesman Charles Muka dismissed the explosion as an &#8220;internal fire incident&#8221; and said only one person was wounded.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Only one person sustained injuries,&#8221; said Muka. He could not ascertain how many worshippers were inside the mosque at the time of the blast.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was not a bomb, we suspect an internal fire. 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