5 church bombings hit northern Nigeria—official

People stand in front of a damaged church building following a suicide bomb attack in Bauchi in northern Nigeria, on June 3, 2012. On Sunday, June 17, 2012, five church bombings also rocked northern Nigeria, particulary in Kaduna and Zaria towns. AP PHOTO/SHEHU SAULAWA

KADUNA, Nigeria—Two more church bombings rocked Christian-dominated towns in Nigeria’s Kaduna Sunday, bringing to five the number of explosions in the northern state, a local emergency official said.

“There were two simultaneous bomb attacks on churches in Nassarawa and Barnawa in the south of Kaduna this morning. We are yet to get information on casualities,” Kaduna spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency Aliyu Mohammed told AFP.

Southern Kaduna is some four kilometers from Kaduna city and about two hours’ drive from Zaria, where three churches were hit by bomb explosions early Sunday. There have been no immediate reports of casualties.