A correspondent of the French news agency said he saw
mobs targeting people who they believed to be Muslims in the neighbourhood of the church.
A spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency said a rescue vehicle was also attacked in the violence after the bombing.
Earlier today, a suicide bomber had slammed a car bomb into St. Rita Catholic Church in Malali area of the city during services, killing at least three people, including himself, officials said.
“At least three people are confirmed dead,” the rescue official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to give out figures.
He added later that the toll included the suspected attacker and that there were a number of injuries.
The strong blast shook the neighbourhood and led to fears of a fresh outbreak of reprisal attacks and clashes between Christians and Muslims.
The source said the attacker had sought to drive into the church, but seemed to have hit a barrier. There were conflicting claims about whether he was able to eventually make it inside the church or not.
President Goodluck Jonathan has said the group is seeking to incite a religious crisis in Nigeria.Kaduna is a large city in Nigeria’s north and includes a sizable Christian population. Indeed the city is divided into Muslim and Christian zones.
Nigerians have grown increasingly frustrated with security forces’ inability to stop Boko Haram attacks, and there have been warnings of more reprisals if the violence continued.
Some Evangelical church leaders in Nigeria have said Christians may be forced to defend themselves if something is not done to address the violence.
Culled- PmNews
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