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KANO, June 5, 2012 (CISA) -At least 9 people were killed, and 35 seriously injured, in a suicide bombing at a Christian church in northern Nigeria on Sunday, June 3.
The suicide bomber drove his vehicle, packed with explosives, into a security checkpoint that had been set up by police near the church in Bauchi.
Although the vehicle was stopped short of the church itself, the explosion caused the building to collapse, and worshippers who rushed out were caught in a fire started by the bomb.
“We have a checkpoint not far from the church which prevented the bomber from gaining access to his target,” said State police commissioner Mohammed Ladan.
“So he rammed the car into a security gate and the car exploded, killing him and eight other people. … many people were injured,” he added.
Boko Haram has claimed attacks killing more than 1,000 in Nigeria since July 2009, with some of the worst bloodshed coming in the northeast.
The group staged a daring jailbreak in Bauchi in September 2010 during which it said roughly 100 of its members were freed.
Meanwhile Archbishop of Jos and President of the Episcopal Conference of Nigeria, Ignatius Ayau Kaigama condemned the killings. “We are appalled and shocked by the two tragedies that hit Nigeria, the airplane crash in Lagos that killed 153 people, and the attack on a Christian church in Bauchi,”
On Sunday, June 3, an airliner that links Abuja to the economic capital Lagos, crashed in a neighborhood in the latter city. The plane, carrying 147 passengers and six crew members, hit a two-story building and a church and a small print shop. There were no survivors.
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The suicide bomber drove his vehicle, packed with explosives, into a security checkpoint that had been set up by police near the church in Bauchi.
Although the vehicle was stopped short of the church itself, the explosion caused the building to collapse, and worshippers who rushed out were caught in a fire started by the bomb.
“We have a checkpoint not far from the church which prevented the bomber from gaining access to his target,” said State police commissioner Mohammed Ladan.
“So he rammed the car into a security gate and the car exploded, killing him and eight other people. … many people were injured,” he added.
Boko Haram has claimed attacks killing more than 1,000 in Nigeria since July 2009, with some of the worst bloodshed coming in the northeast.
The group staged a daring jailbreak in Bauchi in September 2010 during which it said roughly 100 of its members were freed.
Meanwhile Archbishop of Jos and President of the Episcopal Conference of Nigeria, Ignatius Ayau Kaigama condemned the killings. “We are appalled and shocked by the two tragedies that hit Nigeria, the airplane crash in Lagos that killed 153 people, and the attack on a Christian church in Bauchi,”
On Sunday, June 3, an airliner that links Abuja to the economic capital Lagos, crashed in a neighborhood in the latter city. The plane, carrying 147 passengers and six crew members, hit a two-story building and a church and a small print shop. There were no survivors.
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