A suicide bomber blew himself
up outside a Catholic church in Jos, the
Plateau state capital on Sunday, killing at
least three people attending mass, the
emergency services said.
The man drove his car towards St
Finbar’s Catholic church in the city before
setting off a large explosion, killing
himself and at least three churchgoers,
emergency agency spokesman Yushau
Shuaib told AFP.
“Three confirmed dead,” said Shuaib,
adding that several others were in a
critical condition.
“The bomb exploded before he could get
to the church,” he said of the bomber.
Earlier Shuaib said three people had
been injured in the attack and only the
bomber had been killed.
Mark Lipdo, a resident of the Rayfield
area of the city where the church is
located, told AFP that security forces had
cordoned off the area.
The attack was similar to a February 26
suicide bombing of another church in
Jos, which killed three people, including
a toddler.
Responsibility for that attack was
claimed by Islamist extremist sect Boko
Haram, which warned of more such
assaults.
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