Nigeria: Police put casualty figures from church blast at 3 dead, 46 injured

The police in Bauchi in northern Nigeria said Sunday morning's suicide bombing at a Catholic Church in the city left three dead and 46 injured, representing an increase in the figure of one dead earlier given by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Police spokesman Hassan Auyo gave the fIgures to journalists, saying those killed included the suicide bomber. According to Auyo, the suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle at the gate of the St. John's Catholic Church after a barricade erected there prevent him from driving into the premises during the early morning Mass.