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Loud blast shakes area near church in northern Nigeria

AFP , Sunday 28 Oct 2012

A loud explosion shook an area near a church in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna on Sunday, but further details were not immediately clear, including on possible casualties, residents said.

"There was a loud explosion and I could see smoke on the horizon," one resident said, adding there were claims of clashes breaking out between Christians and Muslims afterward.

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