BREAKING NEWS- Another Sunday of Bomb blast in Zaria
Explosions
have hit two churches in the northern Nigerian city of Zaria in the latest
apparent attacks targeting Christian worshippers in the region, emergency
services and residents said.
It was not immediately clear if there were any
casualties in Sunday's blasts, but residents said they feared many people had
been killed.The state-run National Emergency Management
Agency (NEMA) said the blasts happened in the Wusasa and Sabon-Gari districts of
Zaria, which has previously been targeted by Boko Haram, an armed group seeking
to impose Islamic law which has been responsible for a series of attacks on
churches.
"NEMA has confirmed two explosions at Wusasa and Dabon-Gari in
Zaria, Kaduna state. Rescue and security officers have moved to the scene,"
spokesman Yushau Shuaib said in a statement.
Residents said many people,
mostly worshippers, were feared dead in the attacks on the Christ the King
Catholic Cathedral and ECWA GoodNews Church.
Nigeria is divided between a
predominantly Muslim north and a predominantly Christian
south.
Aljazeera
It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties in Sunday's blasts, but residents said they feared many people had been killed.The state-run National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said the blasts happened in the Wusasa and Sabon-Gari districts of Zaria, which has previously been targeted by Boko Haram, an armed group seeking to impose Islamic law which has been responsible for a series of attacks on churches.
"NEMA has confirmed two explosions at Wusasa and Dabon-Gari in Zaria, Kaduna state. Rescue and security officers have moved to the scene," spokesman Yushau Shuaib said in a statement.
Residents said many people, mostly worshippers, were feared dead in the attacks on the Christ the King Catholic Cathedral and ECWA GoodNews Church.
Nigeria is divided between a predominantly Muslim north and a predominantly Christian south.
Aljazeera
