Explosion Rocks Gombe Bus Station

Over 30 people were said to have been killed in an
explosion that rocked the popular Gombe Line
Transport Services Limited in Gombe State on Friday
morning.
Police and eyewitnesses said the explosion occurred
around 9.30am leaving several people dead and
scores of others injured.
The state police command has confirmed the blast,
adding that it had arrested three suspects in
connection with explosion.
It however did not give any casualty figure.
Details later…

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- A car bomb exploded at a crowded bus stop in the northeast
Nigerian city of Gombe on Friday, killing at least five people and wounding
15 others, witnesses said.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the blast. But Islamist group
Boko Haram has been blamed for a string of bomb attacks in trhe region
this year. Gombe has rarely been attacked.
"It just happened, and our men and the security agencies are on the scene
dealing with the fallout," an emergency services official told Reuters, saying
five people died. The military was not immediately available for comment.
Witness Godfrey Anebo said he saw emergency services pull eight people
from the wreckage, all of whom appeared to be dead.
"I am not sure what the death toll will be at the end but it will shoot up
very high because the bus stop was very full of commuters," Anebo said.
The government announced a ceasefire with Boko Haram nearly two weeks
ago as part of efforts to negotiate the release of more than 200 schoolgirls
kidnapped by the group in April. But violence has soared since.
The militants, who have been fighting to carve out an Islamist state in the
region, seized control of the northeast Nigerian town of Mubi on
Wednesday and Thursday, robbing banks, burning down houses, killing
dozens of people and forcing thousands to flee, witnesses said.
Reuters