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Nigeria's Gombe and Bauchi cities hit by blasts | |
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At least 26 people have been killed in bombings in two major cities in northern Nigeria, emergency workers and witnesses say. | |
The first blast at bus rank in Gombe killed at least 20 while another six died in an explosion at a market in Bauchi, they added. | |
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. | |
They were made to lay face down before being shot dead. | |
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. |
'Training camp dismantled' | 'Training camp dismantled' |
Militants from Boko Haram, which means "Western education is forbidden", often attack educational establishments. | |
Red Cross official Abubakar Adamu Gombe told the BBC Hausa service that body parts lay scattered at the site of the blast in Gombe. | |
Government official Mato Yakubu said the explosion occurred, as people were climbing on to a nearby bus at the Dukku bus park, AFP news agency reports. | |
Mr Gombe said he expected the number of people killed by the explosion to rise. | |
Eighteen people had been rushed to hospital with serious injuries, he added. | |
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 Bauchi state as well as Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, the three Nigerian states worst-affected by the insurgency and which have been under emergency rule since last year. | |
The explosion in Bauchi city had caused a huge fire, and there were "heavy casualties", the Red Cross said. | |
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. | 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 Ministry of Defence, Lieutenant Colonel Didier Badjecks, told the Reuters news agency. | |
He said "many more" had been killed in the raid. | 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. | 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. | 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. |