A SUICIDE bomber and some gunmen yesterday revved up the spate of terror attacks in the country when they struck at two churches.
While the suicide bomber struck at the Christ Chosen Church, Rukuba Road, Jos North Local Council, Plateau State, the gunmen launched an attack on Ekilisiyan Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN) Church, Biu Borno State.
The Jos church suicide bombing, which occurred at about 11.15 a.m. while the day’s service was on, left three people dead, alongside the suicide bomber whose vehicle was mangled beyond recognition from the impact of the blast.
Forty-one worshippers were injured in the blast, which also destroyed the church.
The incident triggered a reprisal attack carried out by some youths in the Rukuba Road area who killed eight commercial motorcycle riders by setting them ablaze with their motorcycles.
Special Task Force (STF) operatives who came on the scene shot sporadically into the air, sending the rampaging youths scampering for safety.
Spokesman of the Plateau State Police Command, Emmanuel Abuh, said: “At about 11.00 a.m., a suicide bomber went to attack the Christ Chosen Church at Rukuba Road, Jos. The suicide bomber had not reached the church proper before the bomb exploded, killing the suicide bomber. The intensity of the bomb with its heavy vibration of the explosion caused the church to collapse. Two persons were killed very close to the church in circumstances yet to be ascertained by the police. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Emmanuel Ayeni, led a team of police operatives to the scene.”
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