Topic: Eleven (11) people Died in Suicide Bombing Attack at Kaduna military church  (Read 2358 times)

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Army spokesman Bola Koleoso said a bus drove into the side of the St. Andrew Military Protestant Church at the Jaji barracks in Kaduna state and exploded at around 1105 GMT, five minutes after a service had started.

Explosives inside a Toyota Camry were detonated outside the church ten minutes later, he said. The military said at least 30 were injured.

A military source who witnessed the attack said the second bomb was the most deadly, killing people who went to help the injured from the first blast. Witnesses said the barracks was cordoned off and ambulances carried the wounded to hospital.

There was no claim of responsibility but Islamist sect Boko Haram has frequently attacked the security forces and Christian churches in its fight to create an Islamic state in Nigeria, where the 160 million population is evenly split between Christians and Muslims.

A suicide bomber killed eight people and injured more than 100 last month at a church in another part of Kaduna state, which has a mixed Muslim and Christian population and often suffers from sectarian tensions.

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The Director Army Public Relations, Brig Gen Bola Koleoso who had earlier denied knowing the casualty figure later sent a text message to say that 11 were killed, and 30 injured.

Brig Gen Koleoso who confirmed the incident said: “There were twin suicide bombings today (Sunday)  at the St. Andrew Military Protestant Church, Jaji Military Cantonment at 1205hrs and 1215hrs.

“A bus first ran into the church and exploded about five minutes after service had commenced  while a Toyota Camry parked outside the church detonated ten minutes later.

Figures of casualties are not yet clear but the injured are receiving treatment at military hospitals both in Jaji and Kaduna. Investigation into the bombings has commenced and the area already cordoned off.”
« Last Edit: November 26, 2012, 02:07:58 PM by flukky01 »

Will this madness ever stop?
And I know nobody was caught and probably wouldn be for this ghastly incidents.

 

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