Kano: At least five people were killed and eight were injured on Sunday in a bomb attack on a Catholic church in a mainly Christian area of Kano, the largest city in Nigeria's north, police said.
The attack came shortly after the end of mass, police spokesman Frank Mba told AFP: "We suspect an IED (improvised explosive device) that was thrown from across the road" at the Saint Charles Catholic church in Kano's Sabon Gari district, which has suffered previous attacks by the Islamist group Boko Haram.
Idowu Kazim, a mechanic in the area, said: "We heard the explosion at around 2:15 pm (1315 GMT) and moments later a police anti-bomb truck sped past in the direction of the scene."
On June 23, a bomb blast at a public health college in the city killed at least eight, while on May 19, a suicide car bomb attack in Sabon Gari killed at least four people, including a young girl.
Blame has been attributed to the Islamist militants, who have been waging a violent insurgency in the country's north since 2009.
The attack came shortly after the end of mass, police spokesman Frank Mba told AFP: "We suspect an IED (improvised explosive device) that was thrown from across the road" at the Saint Charles Catholic church in Kano's Sabon Gari district, which has suffered previous attacks by the Islamist group Boko Haram.
Idowu Kazim, a mechanic in the area, said: "We heard the explosion at around 2:15 pm (1315 GMT) and moments later a police anti-bomb truck sped past in the direction of the scene."
On June 23, a bomb blast at a public health college in the city killed at least eight, while on May 19, a suicide car bomb attack in Sabon Gari killed at least four people, including a young girl.
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Blame has been attributed to the Islamist militants, who have been waging a violent insurgency in the country's north since 2009.
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