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| Multiple bomb blasts at two bus stations in Gombe on Wednesday |
The death toll from
multiple bomb blasts at two bus stations in the northern Nigerian city of Gombe
on Wednesday has risen to 37, with 105 others injured, a Red Cross official
said on Thursday.
No
one claimed responsibility for the attacks, but they bore the hallmarks of the
Islamist group Boko Haram, which has killed thousands of people in the last six
years as it tried to establish a caliphate in the northeast.
Reuters report continues:
The
first bomb, which exploded around 7 p.m. (1800 GMT), was detonated by a
suspected suicide bomber at a mosque at Dadin Kowa motorpark as people gathered
to pray, two witnesses said.
Another
two blasts occurred at the gate of the major Duku bus station and a small market
nearby.
"Twin
explosions.... led to 37 dead, and 105 injured are currently receiving
treatment at the specialist hospital and Federal Medical Centre, Gombe,"
said a Red Cross official.
At
least 50 people were killed in two bombings at a market in the same city last
Friday.
The
bombings on Wednesday were the latest in a string of attacks by suspected Boko
Haram militants in the last few weeks in the northeast of Africa most populous
nation, which has the continent's biggest economy.
Attacks
have also been carried out in neighbouring Chad, Niger and Cameroon.
Two suicide bomb attacks
killed at least 13 people and injured 32 others in northern Cameroon on
Wednesday.
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