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| At Least 10 Dead in NE Nigeria Suicide Bombing |
| 2016-01-30 |
[AnNahar] A child jacket wallah went kaboom!in a market in northeast Nigeria ... a particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border... Friday, killing at least 10 people, witnesses said, the latest bloodshed to hit the region, which is plagued by Islamist violence. They said a huge blast erupted at around midday (1100 GMT) in the crowded market in Gombi in Adamawa state, one of the worst-hit in the seven-year Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... insurgency. The blast came after three suicide bombers killed at least 14 people in town of Chibok on Wednesday, where Islamist gunnies kidnapped more than 200 girls in April 2014. In the latest attack, trader Mustapha Jalo told AFP: "I heard a huge kaboom coming from the grain section, which is at the edge of the market. "Many of us rushed to the scene and we found carnage. People were scattered everywhere. "I can say over 10 people died in the kaboom. I can't give precise number of the injured but there are many." Gombi, which lies about 120 kilometers (75 miles) from the state capital, Yola, has been hit several times by Boko Haram attacks, with the most recent taking place in March 2015. Adamu Ahmad, a security guard at the market, gave a similar account to Jalo, saying the bomber was believed to be a boy aged around 12. "There was a suicide kaboom at the grain section of the market around midday. The kaboom killed at least 11 people and injured several others," he said. "The attack was believed to have been carried out by a boy of around 12. Today is market day in Gombi and the market attracts thousands of people from the district." Following the blast, the market closed down and all the traders returned home, he added. |
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