A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Catholic church in the Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday, killing seven other people attending mass, it has been confirmed.
The state government raised the death toll to 11, including three men shot as security forces fired on a crowd of onlookers who gathered after the blast.
State government spokesman Pam Ayuba told AFP, adding that “there were 10 dead, seven parishioners and three that were shot dead by soldiers.” The 11 person was the bomber himself.
The suicide bomber drove his car towards the church setting off a large explosion, killing himself and at least three churchgoers, emergency agency spokesman Yushau Shuaib told AFP. The toll is now confirmed higher, by a government official.
“Three confirmed dead,” said Shuaib, adding that several others were in a critical condition.
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