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Nigeria's Gombe city hit by bus blast | Nigeria's Gombe city hit by bus blast |
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At least 20 people have been killed in a bombing at a bus station in Gombe city in north-eastern Nigeria, emergency workers say. | At least 20 people have been killed in a bombing at a bus station in Gombe city in north-eastern Nigeria, emergency workers say. |
Body parts lay scattered across the scene after the explosion near a bus filling up with passengers, they said. | Body parts lay scattered across the scene after the explosion near a bus filling up with passengers, they said. |
Militant Islamist group Boko Haram is waging an insurgency in the area. | Militant Islamist group Boko Haram is waging an insurgency in the area. |
Meanwhile, a video purportedly released by the group shows dozens of people being executed at a school dormitory after they were made to lay face down. | Meanwhile, a video purportedly released by the group shows dozens of people being executed at a school dormitory after they were made to lay face down. |
There is no independent confirmation that Boko Haram produced the video. It is unclear where or when it was shot. | There is no independent confirmation that Boko Haram produced the video. It is unclear where or when it was shot. |
But the video bears Boko Haram's insignia and shows gun-wielding men chanting "Allah is great" and speaking in the Kanuri language associated with the group's fighters, says BBC Nigeria analyst Jimeh Saleh. | But the video bears Boko Haram's insignia and shows gun-wielding men chanting "Allah is great" and speaking in the Kanuri language associated with the group's fighters, says BBC Nigeria analyst Jimeh Saleh. |
Militants from Boko Haram, which means "Western education is forbidden", often attack educational establishments. | Militants from Boko Haram, which means "Western education is forbidden", often attack educational establishments. |
'Training camp dismantled' | |
Red Cross official Abubakar Adamu Gombe told the BBC Hausa service that he expected the number of people killed by the explosion in Gombe to rise. | Red Cross official Abubakar Adamu Gombe told the BBC Hausa service that he expected the number of people killed by the explosion in Gombe to rise. |
Eighteen people had been rushed to hospital with serious injuries, he said. | Eighteen people had been rushed to hospital with serious injuries, he said. |
Government official Mato Yakubu said the blast occurred at 10:50 local time (09:50 GMT), as people were climbing on to a nearby bus at the Dukku bus park, AFP news agency reports. | Government official Mato Yakubu said the blast occurred at 10:50 local time (09:50 GMT), as people were climbing on to a nearby bus at the Dukku bus park, AFP news agency reports. |
At least three people were killed in a bomb attack at another bus station in Gombe city on 31 October. | At least three people were killed in a bomb attack at another bus station in Gombe city on 31 October. |
Gombe state shares a border with Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, the three Nigerian states worst-affected by the insurgency and which have been under emergency rule since last year. | Gombe state shares a border with Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, the three Nigerian states worst-affected by the insurgency and which have been under emergency rule since last year. |
On Sunday, Cameroon's military said it had dismantled a training camp run by Boko Haram in the Guirvidig locality near its border with north-eastern Nigeria. | |
Soldiers captured 45 trainers and 84 children between the ages of seven and 15 who were undergoing training, a spokesman for the Minister of Defence, Lieutenant Colonel Didier Badjecks, told Reuters news agency. | |
He said "many more" had been killed in the raid. | |
Boko Haram launched its insurgency in Nigeria in 2009 to create an Islamic state in the region. | |
At least 2,000 civilians have been killed by the group in Nigeria this year. | |
The kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls by Boko Haram in April from the town of Chibok in Borno state sparked international outrage. | The kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls by Boko Haram in April from the town of Chibok in Borno state sparked international outrage. |