Sunday, October 28, 2012

Suicide Bomber Kills 5 in Nigerian Cath. Church; Drives Jeep with Explosives in Church in Kaduna

A suicide bomber today (October 28, 2012) drove a vehicle -- packed with explosives -- into a Catholic church in northern Nigeria, killing at least five people and wounding nearly 100, according to the Guardian website.

The bomber drove a jeep into the packed St. Rita's church in the Malali are of Kaduna -- a volatile ethnically and religiously mixed city -- this morning.

A spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Kaduna said that five people had been confirmed dead, and 98 people were receiving treatment for wounds at two local hospitals.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the Islamist sect Boko Haram has claimed similar attacks in the past. It has attacked several churches, as it has intensified its campaign against Christians in the past year.

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