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Nepal church bombed; Hindu fundamentalists claim responsibility
May 25, 2009
The Nepal Defence Army-- an obscure Hindu fundamentalist group-- has claimed responsibility for a bomb blast that killed two women in Catholic parish on the outskirts of the nation’s capital of Kathmandu. It was the first violent attack on the nation’s vibrant Catholic community.
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Further information:
- Deadly Bomb in Church Mars Nepal Election (Vatican Radio)
- Two killed in church blast (Himalayan News Service)
- Nepal police hunt for clues after church blast (AFP)
- Laborers for the Harvest: Promising vocations news from Asia, Africa, and Oceania (Catholic World Report)
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