A bomb blast struck a Catholic church west of the Nigerian capital of Abuja on Sunday, the National Emergency Management Agency said, stirring memories of strikes against Nigerian churches during last year's Christmas season. The explosion struck a Catholic church in Madala, the agency said.
The agency did not immediately provide other details. Casualties were not immediately known.
Sunday's attack follows bombings at five churches in the city of Jos last year that occurred while residents were celebrating Christmas Eve. The blasts killed dozens in Jos, which lies on a faith-based fault line between the Muslim-dominated north and the mainly Christian south.
The latest attack in Madala follows two days of clashes between militants and security forces in northern Nigeria, an army commander said.
Chief of Army Staff Azubuike Ihejirika said the clashes left three soldiers dead and several more wounded.
The fighting began Thursday between Boko Haram militants and the military in the Yobe state town of Damaturu, Ihejirika said.
"There was a major encounter with the Boko Haram in Damaturu," Ihejirika said Friday. "We lost three of our soldiers, seven were wounded. But we killed over 50 of their members." Source
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