Doctors have declared that a total of 66 persons are dead following yesterday's blasts and reprisals with many others injured
Some 66 persons have been confirmed dead following Sunday’s bomb attacks on three churches in Kaduna State. Red Cross officials also said that 140 victims of the attacks were taken to various hospitals for treatment.
The Chief Medical Director of Barau Dikko Specialist Hospital, Kaduna, Dr Huseini Yahya, said that the hospital received 10 bodies, while two died in the hospital.
Similarly, Dr Khalid Lawal, Chief Medical Director of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika, near Zaria, said that 10 bodies were brought to the facility, while two victims were declared dead after arrival.
Dr Taylor Adeyemi of St. Luke’s Hospital, Wusasa, Zaria, said three of the 40 victims of ECWA church blast who were brought to the hospital died.
Adeyemi said that most of the victims brought to the hospital were children
The spokesperson of St. Gerard’s Catholic Hospital, Kakuri, Kaduna, Mr John Sunday, said that the hospital received 36 bodies and three other victims died in hospital.
Sunday also said the hospital admitted 72 injured persons who were receiving treatment.
The attacks yesterday would be the third in two months directed at churches in Kaduna. Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel) as well as All Nations Christian Assembly had been attacked earlier. The latter was attacked on Easter Sunday killing over 20 persons, even though the bombers could not quite penetrate the church premises.
The attacks again Sunday, sparked protests among Christian youths from the southern part of the Kaduna metropolis, mainly dominated by Christians who felt their quietude had been taken for granted and perceived as a sign of weakness by members of the Islamic Boko Haram sect, which has been launching all the attacks on Christian places of worship in many parts of the North.
In one united force and resolve, they rose yesterday, ditching the Christian injunction that “our weapons are not carnal.” They picked sticks and cudgels, marched on the city, brimming with ire, blocked major road arteries, set bonfires, and in no time, the skyline of the city had been darkened by the thick billowing smoke of burning tyres.
Chanting war songs, the youths from Trikaniya, Sabon-Tasha, Television, Narayi, Gonin-Gora and other suburbs, mounted road blocks on the roads leading to their areas, as they visited their anger on Hausa Muslims caught up in the unfortunate incident.
An emergency security meeting presided by the Kaduna State government was summoned and a 24-hour curfew imposed on the state to save the situation from degenerating further. The governor of Kaduna State, Patrick Yakowa in a statement signed by his Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Reuben Buhari, regretted the bombing of the three churches, saying it was unfortunate.
Culled from DAILYTIMES
Monday, 18 June 2012
Bomb attacks on Nigerian churches: death toll hits 66 in Kaduna
Yakowa
Doctors have declared that a total of 66 persons are dead following yesterday's blasts and reprisals with many others injured
Some 66 persons have been confirmed dead following Sunday’s bomb attacks on three churches in Kaduna State. Red Cross officials also said that 140 victims of the attacks were taken to various hospitals for treatment.
The Chief Medical Director of Barau Dikko Specialist Hospital, Kaduna, Dr Huseini Yahya, said that the hospital received 10 bodies, while two died in the hospital.
Similarly, Dr Khalid Lawal, Chief Medical Director of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika, near Zaria, said that 10 bodies were brought to the facility, while two victims were declared dead after arrival.
Dr Taylor Adeyemi of St. Luke’s Hospital, Wusasa, Zaria, said three of the 40 victims of ECWA church blast who were brought to the hospital died.
Adeyemi said that most of the victims brought to the hospital were children
The spokesperson of St. Gerard’s Catholic Hospital, Kakuri, Kaduna, Mr John Sunday, said that the hospital received 36 bodies and three other victims died in hospital.
Sunday also said the hospital admitted 72 injured persons who were receiving treatment.
The attacks yesterday would be the third in two months directed at churches in Kaduna. Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel) as well as All Nations Christian Assembly had been attacked earlier. The latter was attacked on Easter Sunday killing over 20 persons, even though the bombers could not quite penetrate the church premises.
The attacks again Sunday, sparked protests among Christian youths from the southern part of the Kaduna metropolis, mainly dominated by Christians who felt their quietude had been taken for granted and perceived as a sign of weakness by members of the Islamic Boko Haram sect, which has been launching all the attacks on Christian places of worship in many parts of the North.
In one united force and resolve, they rose yesterday, ditching the Christian injunction that “our weapons are not carnal.” They picked sticks and cudgels, marched on the city, brimming with ire, blocked major road arteries, set bonfires, and in no time, the skyline of the city had been darkened by the thick billowing smoke of burning tyres.
Chanting war songs, the youths from Trikaniya, Sabon-Tasha, Television, Narayi, Gonin-Gora and other suburbs, mounted road blocks on the roads leading to their areas, as they visited their anger on Hausa Muslims caught up in the unfortunate incident.
An emergency security meeting presided by the Kaduna State government was summoned and a 24-hour curfew imposed on the state to save the situation from degenerating further. The governor of Kaduna State, Patrick Yakowa in a statement signed by his Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Reuben Buhari, regretted the bombing of the three churches, saying it was unfortunate.
Culled from DAILYTIMES
Doctors have declared that a total of 66 persons are dead following yesterday's blasts and reprisals with many others injured
Some 66 persons have been confirmed dead following Sunday’s bomb attacks on three churches in Kaduna State. Red Cross officials also said that 140 victims of the attacks were taken to various hospitals for treatment.
The Chief Medical Director of Barau Dikko Specialist Hospital, Kaduna, Dr Huseini Yahya, said that the hospital received 10 bodies, while two died in the hospital.
Similarly, Dr Khalid Lawal, Chief Medical Director of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika, near Zaria, said that 10 bodies were brought to the facility, while two victims were declared dead after arrival.
Dr Taylor Adeyemi of St. Luke’s Hospital, Wusasa, Zaria, said three of the 40 victims of ECWA church blast who were brought to the hospital died.
Adeyemi said that most of the victims brought to the hospital were children
The spokesperson of St. Gerard’s Catholic Hospital, Kakuri, Kaduna, Mr John Sunday, said that the hospital received 36 bodies and three other victims died in hospital.
Sunday also said the hospital admitted 72 injured persons who were receiving treatment.
The attacks yesterday would be the third in two months directed at churches in Kaduna. Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel) as well as All Nations Christian Assembly had been attacked earlier. The latter was attacked on Easter Sunday killing over 20 persons, even though the bombers could not quite penetrate the church premises.
The attacks again Sunday, sparked protests among Christian youths from the southern part of the Kaduna metropolis, mainly dominated by Christians who felt their quietude had been taken for granted and perceived as a sign of weakness by members of the Islamic Boko Haram sect, which has been launching all the attacks on Christian places of worship in many parts of the North.
In one united force and resolve, they rose yesterday, ditching the Christian injunction that “our weapons are not carnal.” They picked sticks and cudgels, marched on the city, brimming with ire, blocked major road arteries, set bonfires, and in no time, the skyline of the city had been darkened by the thick billowing smoke of burning tyres.
Chanting war songs, the youths from Trikaniya, Sabon-Tasha, Television, Narayi, Gonin-Gora and other suburbs, mounted road blocks on the roads leading to their areas, as they visited their anger on Hausa Muslims caught up in the unfortunate incident.
An emergency security meeting presided by the Kaduna State government was summoned and a 24-hour curfew imposed on the state to save the situation from degenerating further. The governor of Kaduna State, Patrick Yakowa in a statement signed by his Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Reuben Buhari, regretted the bombing of the three churches, saying it was unfortunate.
Culled from DAILYTIMES
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