At least 24 persons have been confirmed dead and 125 others severely injured in the Sunday attacks on churches in the northern city of Kaduna.
The explosions rocked the ancient city in different churches in the early hours of Sunday.
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Kaduna spokesman, Aliyu Mohammed, said “There were two simultaneous bomb attacks on churches in Nassarawa and Barnawa in the south of Kaduna this morning.
NEMA spokesman said the third attack hit the Sharon Church in Kaduna city and that there were two other bombings in the Christian-dominated towns in the south of the state.
Residents said some angry youths razed a mosque at Television area and another at Goningora was vandalized in a reprisal attacks on the three churches.
They said mobs barricaded roads in the towns of Trijania, Gonin Gora and Sabon Tasha, attacking motorists who looked Muslim.
But, residents in the areas surrounding the churches said several people were injured in the attacks on the Christ the King Catholic Cathedral and ECWA GoodNews Church.
According to Mahmud Hamza “Many people in the church were injured but I have not seen any dead bodies,” a woman who was in the church in Wusasa at the time of the explosion said by telephone from her hospital bed.
“Several residents in Sabongari said the church was badly damaged by the blast.
“I went close to the church but could not access it due to heavy police and military security deployed around it.
“From where I stood I could see a badly destroyed church still burning from the explosion. It is obvious there were deaths from the scale of the damage and the fire.
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