12 Killed in Nigeria Church Blasts

Blasts have rocked three churches in northern Nigeria, killing 12 and wounding dozens.

The blasts took place in Kaduna state, which divides the predominantly Muslim north and Christian-dominated south. Two blasts hit churches in the city of Zaria, according to local officials. A third explosion took place at a church in Kaduna city. A witness told VOA hundreds of people rioted after the attack in Kaduna city, but that police moved in and quelled the unrest. The governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, has imposed a 24-hour curfew. Authorities did not immediately name suspects. Similar attacks have been blamed on the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram.