Suicide bomber kills 7 in Nigerian church

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http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/28/world/africa/nigeria-church-bombing/index.html

By the CNN Wire Staff
updated 9:31 AM EDT, Mon October 29, 2012


Soldiers stand guard after a suicide attacker drove a car bomb into a church in Kaduna, Nigeria.

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- A suicide bombing killed seven people and wounded more than 100 others Sunday at a Catholic church in Nigeria, an emergency management official said.

The bomber crashed an explosives-filled jeep into the St. Rita Church in the central Nigerian town of Kaduna, killing himself and seven others at the scene, said Musa Ilallah, a regional coordinator for the national emergency management agency.

The injured were in critical condition and were taken to four hospitals in the region, Ilallah said.

As emergency workers -- including personnel from the Red Cross and civil defense corps -- responded to the explosion, "angry Christian youth started beating our staff and as a result broke the side glass of our ambulance that was on the scene to provide service," he said.

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