A bomb blast targeting a television viewing centre for football in northeast
Nigeria killed at least 14 people and wounded 12 on Sunday, police and the
military said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast in Gavan in the
Mubi area of Adamawa state. Islamist militant group Boko Haram, whose
struggle for an Islamic state is concentrated in the Northeast, would be the
prime suspect.
"So far we have 14 dead while 12 are injured, some of them critically,"
police spokesman for Adamawa state Usman Abubakar said by telephone. He had
no further details.
The group has set off several bombs across north and central Nigeria over the
past two months, repeatedly causing carnage.
"I heard a loud blast. The place is near the market, which I had just
left. I ran," said John Audu, a resident of the town.
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