Explosion at Illinois church caused by bomb

The federal firearms agency in the United States says an explosion yesterday which injured more than thirty people at a church in the state of Illinois was caused by a bomb.

The blast ripped a large hole in the side of the Pentecostal church at the small town of Danville as three-hundred worshippers were taking part in a service.

It's the second bomb attack on a church in the area in five months.

One person was killed in the previous explosion.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service