KADUNA, Nigeria  - A suicide bomber drove a jeep full of explosives into a Catholic church during morning mass in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing at least eight people, wounding more than 100 and triggering reprisal attacks that killed at least two more.
There was no claim of responsibility but Islamist sect Boko Haram has bombed several churches in the past in its fight to create an Islamic state in Nigeria where the 160 million population is evenly split between Christians and Muslims.
The bomber drove the car into the wall of the packed St Rita's church in the Malali area of Kaduna, a volatile ethnically and religiously mixed city, witnesses said.
A wall of the church was blasted open and scorched black, with debris lying around.
"The heavy explosion also damaged so many buildings around the area," said survivor Linus Lighthouse.

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The injured were in critical condition and were taken to four hospitals in the region
As emergency workers including personnel from the Red Cross and civil defense corps responded to the explosion, "angry Christian youth started beating our staff and as a result broke the side glass of our ambulance that was on the scene to provide service," he said.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan condemned the attack, saying it was "barbaric, cruel and uncalled for."
Scores of people have been killed in church bombings in the country in recent years.