Breaking News: Bomb attack Hits Northern Nigerian Church

A suicide bomber has driven a vehicle packed with explosives into a Catholic church in northern Nigeria, killing at least three people and wounding several others.

The attack happened in the Malali neighborhood of Kaduna, a city on the dividing line between Nigeria's largely Christian south and mainly Muslim north, where religious rioting has killed hundreds in recent years.

The car tried to force its way past the gate at St Rita's Catholic church just before it exploded, witnesses at the church said.

Yushau Shuaib, a spokesman for Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency, said ambulances were taking the injured to hospital.

He said it was not immediately clear how many had been injured.

"No claims of responsibility has taken place, however many would feel that Boko Haram are behind the attack.

Following the blast, soldiers and police surrounded the church in Kaduna, a city which has seen several other attacks on churches in recent months.

The armed group Boko Haram has been involved in many of the recent attacks, however there was no immediate claim of responsibility for. this Sunday blast.