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Nigeria - Two deadly bomb attacks yesterday night hit two different motor parks in Gombe state.
Read: Bomb Blast Reported in Gombe State
The Red Cross Society of Nigeria has confirmed 35 persons dead and 105 injured in the double bomb blasts.
The Secretary of the Society in Gombe, Abubakar Yakubu, spoke at the Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH) Gombe where some of the victims are currently receiving treatment.
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The Police Public Relations officer, DSP Fwaje Atajiri confirmed that the first blast occurred at Dadin Kowa Motor Park at about 7:50p.m. and another one followed about an hour later at Dukku Motor Park.
He said both areas were immediately cordoned off to prevent looting of shops by hoodlums while restriction of movement equally imposed to enable the police provide more security of lives and property.
According to an eyewitness at the Dadin-Kowa Motor Park the blast occurred in between the park and a nearby mosque while people were coming out of the mosque after observing their prayer at about 7:30p.m.
Read: Bomb Blast Reported in Gombe State
The Red Cross Society of Nigeria has confirmed 35 persons dead and 105 injured in the double bomb blasts.
The Secretary of the Society in Gombe, Abubakar Yakubu, spoke at the Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH) Gombe where some of the victims are currently receiving treatment.
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The Police Public Relations officer, DSP Fwaje Atajiri confirmed that the first blast occurred at Dadin Kowa Motor Park at about 7:50p.m. and another one followed about an hour later at Dukku Motor Park.
He said both areas were immediately cordoned off to prevent looting of shops by hoodlums while restriction of movement equally imposed to enable the police provide more security of lives and property.
According to an eyewitness at the Dadin-Kowa Motor Park the blast occurred in between the park and a nearby mosque while people were coming out of the mosque after observing their prayer at about 7:30p.m.
