At least 20 persons were killed in Kaduna metropolis on Easter Sunday as a massive suicide car bomb exploded near two prominent churches—ECWA Church on Gwari Road and Assemblies of God Church—and close to Ahmadu Bello Stadium.
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At least 20 persons were killed in Kaduna metropolis on Easter Sunday as a massive suicide car bomb exploded near two prominent churches—ECWA Church on Gwari Road and Assemblies of God Church—and close to Ahmadu Bello Stadium.
The location hit is around Junction Road by Sardauna Crescent, and bodies of victims blown into pieces littered the streets around the scene of the explosion.
Security agency at the scene suggest that the suicide bombers were actually going to one of the churches but that the bomb went off prematurely, killing the bombers and as well over 20 motorbike riders and other innocent bystanders within the vicinity of the explosion.
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Several injured persons were taken to St. Gerald’s Catholic Hospital, Kaduna.
Police spokespersons said this is likely the worst bomb attack witnessed in Kaduna State since the militant Islamist sect, Boko Haram, began a campaign of bombing and violence aimed at instituting Sharia law in Nigeria.
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