Three killed in Nigeria church suicide attack
24 Sep 2012 11:13 PM GMT
A suicide car bomber struck a Catholic church conducting Mass in northern Nigeria’s troubled Bauchi city on Sunday, leaving at least three people dead, including a woman and a child, and 48 others injured in a region plagued by violence unleashed by a Islamist militant group.
The bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a queue of church members who were being screened to go in for Sunday Mass, Red Cross official Adamu Abubakar said.
The explosion killed the bomber, a woman and a child. About 48 others were seriously injured in the blast, Abubaker said.
Eyewitnesses said the police cordoned off the premises of St John’s Catholic Church as soon as the explosion occurred.
The bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a queue of church members who were being screened to go in for Sunday Mass, Red Cross official Adamu Abubakar said.
The explosion killed the bomber, a woman and a child. About 48 others were seriously injured in the blast, Abubaker said.
Eyewitnesses said the police cordoned off the premises of St John’s Catholic Church as soon as the explosion occurred.
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