Nigeria, Africa: Bombing of Catholic church during Mass

Kaduna state has been the centre of many attacks, mostly on churches.

Kaduna, Nigeria

Eye witnesses say suicide bombers rammed two explosive-laden cars into a Catholic church during Mass in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens.

One of the witnesses who survived the two blasts, Linus Lighthouse, told Reuters the attackers were able to drive the cars against the walls of St. Rita’s Church in Kaduna

Kaduna, an ethnically and religiously mixed state in northern Nigeria, has witnessed periodically sectarian killing.