3 FRESH SUICIDE BOMB BLASTS IN KADUNA

Curled from Associated Press Kaduna :

Three suicide bomb attacks on churches sunday left 12 people dead and about 80 wounded, officials said, prompting a protest in a state strained by religious tension.

The first two explosions occurred within minutes targeted at two churches within the city of zaria, while the third blast targeted a church half an hour later in kaduna, said the police chief Mohammed Abubakar Jinjiri.

Although there were casualty recorded Jinjiri stated that the presence of private security stationed at the 3 churches prevented the bombers from running their bomb laden vehicles into the churches filled with worshippers at which case there would have been a far worse number of casualty.

According to the AP report it was also noticed that a mosque was set ablaze in what looked like a retaliatory attack on the muslims, it was also stated that civilians were seen creating illegal road blocks and harassing motorists especially okada riders who are predominantly muslims. One okada rider was seen lying hurt by the road side almost bleeding to death.