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Healing the wounds in Nigeria

2011-12-28 49 Dailymotion

Scenes from the aftermath of massive Christmas Day bombings in Nigeria.<br/> The wounded are still recovering in hospitals.<br/> Some of the survivors recall what happened when the Islamist group Boko Haram unleashed a wave of bombs Sunday that killed more than two dozen people.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (English) MOTHER, JOY UCHE, SAYING:<br/> "When I saw what had happened I went for them and I thought they were dead. I run, I run and I ran around to see if there were any dead bodies there. Then I saw him with the bib in a critical condition. I ran out to look for a motorcycle to take them out of there. People are too much."<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (English) BOMB SURVIVOR, CHINYERE AMECHII, SAYING:<br/> "I was there, standing. Suddenly I hear, 'Wham!' And I don't know where it came from. So as the thing happened I started running. Then as I was running a woman came to me and grabbed me and shouted, 'I am pregnant and I need you to help me.' So luckily someone stopped in a jeep and took me to hospital."<br/> The Madalla Catholic Church just outside the the Capital Abuja was one of the targets.<br/> The attack on churches has raised fears of more sectarian violence to come in a country evenly spilt between the muslim and Christian faiths.<br/> A survivor recalls the day of the attacks.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (English) BOMB SURVIVOR, AHINUKE OKORO, SAYING:<br/> "I just heard, 'Wham!'...and my ear closed. I couldn't hear anything again. When I came out here something hit me. Like someone hit me."<br/> Officials have confirmed 32 people died in the wave of attacks across Nigeria, though local media have put the number higher.<br/> Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters

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