Suicide Bomber Kills Three in Bauchi Church Attack

A suicide bomber on Sunday attacked the  St. John’s Catholic Church in the Wunti area of Bauchi, Bauchi State.

Police confirmed that four persons, including a four-year-old boy and the bomber,  died in the attack that took place immediately after the morning mass at 8.55am.
Forty six other persons, according to the  Public Relations Officer, Bauch State Police Command, Hassan Auyo, sustained varying degrees of injuries.

A similar bomb attack on the St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Mandalla, Niger State, last Christmas Day left at least 43 dead and scores injured.

The suicide bomber in Bauch in Sunday, according to witnesses, rammed his Opel Vectra car onto the church gate when he could not gain entrance into the premises as a result of a barricade.

Culled from PUNCH