The ugly spectre of bombing of churches reared its head on Sunday as a suicide bomber attacked St. John’s Catholic Cathedral in Wunti, Bauchi, directly across from the Bauchi Township Stadium, killing an unspecified number of people and injuring others.
The spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency, Yushau Shuaib, who confirmed the development in an SMS to PUNCH, said the dead and injured had been taken to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi.
Some accounts said a number of people died when the bomber hit the gate of the church around 9a.m.
However, Shuaib said, “This is to confirm that only the suspected suicide bomber died from the explosion in Bauchi while three injured victims were rushed to the hospital for medical attention.”
The spokesman for the state police command, Hassan Auyo, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the casualty figure was being compiled.
Bauchi has been hit by a number of bomb attacks and murders linked to the Boko Haram sect in the last few months.
The spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency, Yushau Shuaib, who confirmed the development in an SMS to PUNCH, said the dead and injured had been taken to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi.
Some accounts said a number of people died when the bomber hit the gate of the church around 9a.m.
However, Shuaib said, “This is to confirm that only the suspected suicide bomber died from the explosion in Bauchi while three injured victims were rushed to the hospital for medical attention.”
The spokesman for the state police command, Hassan Auyo, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the casualty figure was being compiled.
Bauchi has been hit by a number of bomb attacks and murders linked to the Boko Haram sect in the last few months.
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