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Nigeria bus station blast 'kills at least eight' | |
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At least eight people have died in an explosion at a major bus station in Gombe state in north-eastern Nigeria, witnesses have told the BBC. | At least eight people have died in an explosion at a major bus station in Gombe state in north-eastern Nigeria, witnesses have told the BBC. |
Many people were injured in the rush hour blast in Gombe city, a hospital source said. Other witnesses spoke of three bags of explosives going off. | |
Gombe shares a border with three states placed under emergency rule to fight the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency. | |
The group has taken full control of Mubi, a commercial centre in Adamawa. | |
It is the largest town Boko Haram has taken since it stepped up its insurgency when the state of emergency was declared in May 2013 in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. | |