3 people died while 42 others were injured when a bomb exploded at Christ’s Chosen Church in the Rukuba area of Jos, Plateau state on Sunday morning. According to witnesses, the explosion was an act of a suicide bomber, who blew himself up outside the church.
About the same time, unknown Gunmen opened fire on a church in Biu Town, Borno state on Sunday morning, spraying the congregation with bullets and wounding many of them.
“Three gunmen came to the premises of the church and started firing at people outside the church before going into the main building to carry on their killings … Many people have been killed and wounded,” said witness Hamidu Wakawa, who was at the church in Biu Town, Borno state.
“Three gunmen came to the premises of the church and started firing at people outside the church before going into the main building to carry on their killings … Many people have been killed and wounded,” said witness Hamidu Wakawa, who was at the church in Biu Town, Borno state.
The Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Ayeni, has confirmed the explosion in Jos. Also youths in Rukuba, Jos, have blocked routes leading to the church, thus preventing journalists from covering the incident.
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