At least 24 Dead, 125 wounded In Church Bombings And Reprisal Attacks In Kaduna-DailyTrust

By Isa Saidu & Christy Alabi, Kaduna

Daily Trust has confirmed that at least 13 people lost their lives in the bomb attacks on three churches in Kaduna this morning.

 

In addition, about 11 others have been killed in reprisal attacks across the town.

 

According to Dr. Taylor Adeyemi, the acting Chief Medical Director of St. Luke's hospital in Wusasa, 40 victims, mostly children were brought into their hospital following the blast at ECWA in Wusasa. Of this number, three were dead on arrival.

 

From the blast at the Christ the King Cathedral at No. 80 Yoruba street Daily Trust confirmed 10 dead and over 50 injured. Daily Trust is yet to get details of the casualties from the Trikania attack.

 

Three churches were attacked this morning by suicide bombers in Kaduna. One went off at the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) church, Wusasa and another at the Christ the King Cathedral Catholic church at No. 80, Yoruba Street, Sabon Gari, Zaria, just behind the Army Depot, Zaria where all Nigerian soldiers receive their basic training. The third church, Shalom Church at Trikania close to Abuja Fly over and Textile Labour house, was hit by multiple explosions around 10:17am.

 

Also, about 35 victims of the reprisal attacks that followed the bombing have been taken to St. Gerard's Hospital within the metropolis according to the hospitals public relations officer. Seven of them were dead on arrival, burnt by their presumed assailants.

 

The explosions sparked violence in Kaduna as christian youths retaliated, moving around with cutlasses and sticks among other weapons. Sources say the youths  burnt a mosque at Television area and another at Goningora was broken into and vandalised in retaliation for the attacks on the three churches.

 

Men of Operation Yaki are said to have taken charge of the situation, especially around Goningora which is along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway and where Christian youths were beginning to get violent. An eyewitness told Daily Trust he saw four dead bodies near the Goningora mosque. Other trouble spots so far identified are Sabo, Trikania, Television area, Tudun Wada and Unguwan Rimi.

 

Road blocks have been set up at strategic areas and traffic along the expressway which was initially halted is now being allowed with military escorts. Other areas of Kaduna metropolis are experiencing an uneasy calm.

 

The Abuja-Kaduna expressway links many states in the North to Abuja.

 

 

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The government is just so lackadaisical about the whole issue otherwise it would not fold it hands and watch so many people being murdered in their places of worship every Sunday. It is so obvious in their modus operandi of the whole issue because they can't say that the boko haram sect or people are invisible. What have they done to the ones that had been apprehended so far? It follows therefore that the Christians' lives are nolonger safe and as such they should devise means to defend themselves or die cockroaches.

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there has never been in the history of this life, that those who chose to fight against GOD. fight and go free. i want them to know that GOD has a date with them, one day they will pick up arms against each other. we are not asking (F G)to fight because is not F G but the lord's fight. they will surely go down. i here they use to enjoy death, the kind of death they will see is not that they know.they will see death in a different manner . GOD BLESS NIGERIA AMEN?

Wat do u mean?

Is spitting peace? Instead of us to pray for peace, we are busy talking on splitting Nigeria. Then wat happens to the Christians in those troubled places? Youths we should us our time and energy trying to rebuild Nigeria and not trying to destroy wat our fathers fought for.

Kaduna blast

If it's nt islam why do they quote qur'an b4 action,why dia is no masallachi or muslim gatherin bomb?... Islam dosnt mean peace bt WAR!

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What is Jihad?

Abdulgaffar you know what u said is just a lie. Muslims are commanded to fight anybody and everybody that does not believe in Allah and his prophet mohammed, and that when they die in the process they will be welcome to 'paradise' by 12 virgins. dont pretend, u (Muslims) are all very happy at the killings in churches but the WRATH OF THE GOD WE SERVE is on you all. WHAT THEN DO YOU CALL JIHAD? IS THIS NOT PART OF JIHAD? Islam is not a religion of PEACE period and Muslims are happy that christians are being killed.

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The religion that promises its followers to kill any infidel, with a promise of seven virgin with pointed breast when the get to heaven, the religion that started with nothing but preaching violence, war and jihad. when they bombed us, we also kill their followers since no one has the monopoly to kill, we are ready for the blood thirsty Islamic idiots.

The religion that promises

The religion that promises its followers to kill any infidel, with a promise of seven virgin with pointed breast when the get to heaven, the religion that started with nothing but preaching violence, war and jihad. when they bombed us, we also kill their followers since no one has the monopoly to kill, we are ready for the blood thirsty Islamic idiots.

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General Sani Abacha has done it before, Why can't we call the christains,the Muslim to pray for Gods intervention? God.will surely intervention as he did during Abacha. Pls let's come back to our senses.

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...and war began in heaven, Micheal and his angels on one side...remember the devil would not have accepted anything for a truce if war was not fought. Yes let them get double whatever measure the deal. Arrant rubbish!

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@ Godson, I tink I agree completely wit ur assertions. We are no different from the terrorists wen we stoop to their level and engage in indiscrimate killings and looting. I don't believe any right-thinking muslim supports d BH and wat it stands for so all d casualties yesterday were all innocent lives- both xtians and Muslims alike! I believe the problem is cos the leadership of the muslim communities have not taken a public stand against BH so dat gives d impression that they are in support. All religious leaders should jointly hold a press conference and speak as ONE against this menace and wen any sect comes under attack, the other should join openly in the rescue of victims thereby making it clear that its US(muslims and Christians) against THEM(BH)!

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1 - The northerners are never associated with peace and you don't need me to reference a long list of all the terror that are associated to the north
2 - It was never in the power of the north to decide when and who to hand over the leadership of nigeria as a country to.
3 - power changed hands as a result of the norther failure to win the election in nigeria.

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@Solomon makinde can we get along? No let us split

Malcolm X, once told the black community in the USA to use any means possible to over-come the killing machine of the white folks. For too long the Fulani North have held power. And their greed to be seen as the king-makers, led to the murder of abiola. But the saddest aspect of their struggle to control Aso rock, is that they are being aided by some brainless brains from the south. Have u heard a word from Bakare, tinubu, SNG and their socalled occupy 9ja group? Let it be on farouk and his oil subsidy rubbish. U will see dem threaten to match from lagos to the USA. When buhari was asked why the fulani elites in the North cannot stop the ongoing killings of chrisitans by BH? His answer was ( fulanis are not in charge of the police) Was Clarke among other leaders in the SS, in charge of the security before late Yara Adua and the emirs from the north ordered them like slaves to talk to their subjects fighting in the creeks for their rights without killing settlers in the zone?

Can we all get along?

Can we all get along as one Nigeria? I think it is becoming a mission impossible to stay together as one Nigeria. If it is not a mission impossible,then let the Govt resolve this problems

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Let us face the fact, What are Legislators function in Democracy government not military? People always criticized President, why can't they pass a bill that will Sanction Boko Haram as a terrorist so that all these Killing of innocent people should stop and the northern Elders will wake up and clean their mess.

NIGERIA IN DISARRAY.

WE THE NORTHERN PEACE LOVERS HOPE AND PRAY THAT IF WE FORGO THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS COUNTRY CALLED NIGERIA PEACE WILL PREVAILED AFTER MANY YEARS OF WAILING AND CRYING BY SOUTHERN BROTHERS.BUT ALAS THINGS HAVE COMPLETELY TURN UPSIDE DOWN.WITH THE EMERGING OF BOKO HARAM UR PEACE INITIATIVES HAVE TAKEN DOWN TURN TO UR EXPECTATIONS AND NOW WE ARE ENGULFED IN A BALLOON FIRE AND I SEE THAT ONLY ALMIGHTY GOD WILL SAVE THIS FRAGILE NATION.

Where is the Presido

Is President Jonathan still in Nija or taking refuge in Cotonou or Ghana?

What has he got to say to these killings and what guarantee has he that next sunday, there wont be more killings?

So so sad.

The question is why? When would the FG realise this has gone out of hand. This is not Islam,this is definitely not Islam.

most people will like to call

most people will like to call it reprisal attack, violence for violence, etc ...but what i see from here is nothing but an opportunity that jobless miscreants in the name of Christians have seized to loot and kill innocents. these people that died today are all innocents and for those that call themselves Christians (they werent even in church today) but Killing and stealing from innocent Okada riders and Motorists in Sabo, Gonin Gora, Narayi and Television - God's judgement is waiting for you!

how will our youths engage in open robbery and car snatching all in the name of reprisal attack? the truth still remains, we dont know who boko haram is!

so much blood have been spilled today, so many innocents have died for the crime of a very few. my eyes is filled with tears, my heart bleeds - how will a fellow human take delight in mutilated another? its monstrous, this is not what Christ called us to!

are we any different from the bokos?

Nonsense

I have a question for the so called northern elders. Is it still poverty that caused boko haram to attack christians in the church. Instead of getting to the root of the matter and identify the sponsors of boko haram who are well known to you, they pretended it is poverty and unemployment. IBB, Buhari and Shagari had the greatest opportunities to develop the north and they didn't. Why blaming Jonathan for the problems he met on ground just because he is a christain and a southerner. May God bless you all

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