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An explosion on Monday morning ripped through a crowded motor park in Gombe town, Gombe State, killing 20 and injuring 18 people.
The blast occurred at Dukku motor park in Gombe.
Malam Abubakar Yakubu, the Secretary of the Nigeria Red Cross Society, Gombe State branch, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe that members of the Society evacuated 20 identified dead bodies deposited at Gombe Specialist Hospital mortuary.
He said the 18 that sustained injuries were admitted at the specialist hospital and at the Musaba Clinic.
Malam Ibrahim Mamuda, an eye witness and driver at the park, said the bomb exploded around 11 a.m.
According to him, the bomb exploded in a Sharon Volkswagen car and before they realized, two cars were also burnt.
He said ``we started seeing human parts and blood everywhere, as you can see, there is blood everywhere.’’
Another eye witness, Malam Ibrahim Labibi, also a commercial driver at the park, said he saw a young woman who came along with a boy and dropped her bag in the Sharon Volkswagen car.
``It was after she dropped the bag that the car exploded and I myself counted about 21 dead bodies,’’ Labibi said.
When contacted at the scene of the blast, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Fwaje Atajiri, said newsmen would be briefed later on the issue.
The blast occurred at Dukku motor park in Gombe.
Malam Abubakar Yakubu, the Secretary of the Nigeria Red Cross Society, Gombe State branch, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe that members of the Society evacuated 20 identified dead bodies deposited at Gombe Specialist Hospital mortuary.
He said the 18 that sustained injuries were admitted at the specialist hospital and at the Musaba Clinic.
Malam Ibrahim Mamuda, an eye witness and driver at the park, said the bomb exploded around 11 a.m.
According to him, the bomb exploded in a Sharon Volkswagen car and before they realized, two cars were also burnt.
He said ``we started seeing human parts and blood everywhere, as you can see, there is blood everywhere.’’
Another eye witness, Malam Ibrahim Labibi, also a commercial driver at the park, said he saw a young woman who came along with a boy and dropped her bag in the Sharon Volkswagen car.
``It was after she dropped the bag that the car exploded and I myself counted about 21 dead bodies,’’ Labibi said.
When contacted at the scene of the blast, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Fwaje Atajiri, said newsmen would be briefed later on the issue.
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