A suicide bomber blew himself up outside an evangelist church in Gombe on Thursday injuring several people, witnesses and a rescue worker said.

“There was an explosion outside the ECWA church this morning. A suicide bomber who was restrained from getting into the church blew himself up,” said Abubakar Yakubu, who heads the Nigeria Red Cross in Gombe. “Luckily no one was killed but some people were mildly injured,” he added.