A bomb attack targeting fans at a football match in Nigeria’s restive northeast killed at least 40 people on Sunday, a police officer told AFP.
“There has been a bomb explosion at a football field this evening and so far more than 40 people have been killed,” said the officer who requested anonymity in the town of Mubi, which has seen previous attacks by Boko Haram Islamists.
The attack occurred in an area called Kabang, and 14 persons have been so far confirmed dead and 12 injured, the Adamawa State police spokesperson, Othman Abubakar revealed.
The wounded have been evacuated and are receiving treatment at the Mubi Cottage Hospital, Mubi, he said.
“It happened near a drinking joint,” he said.
Residents said dozens more may have been killed in the explosion.
Some reports say as many as 40 people may have been killed as the bar was screening a football match when the attack occurred.
One resident, Umar Ahmed, said the explosion occurred at about 7 p.m. local time, before the start of a night curfew that has been in place in the town for months.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack although extremist Boko Haram is suspected.
Adamawa State, alongside neighbouring Borno and Yobe States, is the hotbed of Boko Haram insurgency that has lasted five years.
Attacks by the group have continued despite a state of emergency in the three states in the last one year.
The group has scaled up attacks in the past weeks after abducting more than 250 school girls in Borno State.
The Mubi explosion follows similar bombings in Abuja, Kano and Plateau States, all happening in the last two months, killing more than 300 people.
Monday, 2 June 2014
News: Bomb blast targeting Football fans in Adamawa kills upto 40!
A bomb attack targeting fans at a football match in Nigeria’s restive northeast killed at least 40 people on Sunday, a police officer told AFP.
“There has been a bomb explosion at a football field this evening and so far more than 40 people have been killed,” said the officer who requested anonymity in the town of Mubi, which has seen previous attacks by Boko Haram Islamists.
The attack occurred in an area called Kabang, and 14 persons have been so far confirmed dead and 12 injured, the Adamawa State police spokesperson, Othman Abubakar revealed.
The wounded have been evacuated and are receiving treatment at the Mubi Cottage Hospital, Mubi, he said.
“It happened near a drinking joint,” he said.
Residents said dozens more may have been killed in the explosion.
Some reports say as many as 40 people may have been killed as the bar was screening a football match when the attack occurred.
One resident, Umar Ahmed, said the explosion occurred at about 7 p.m. local time, before the start of a night curfew that has been in place in the town for months.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack although extremist Boko Haram is suspected.
Adamawa State, alongside neighbouring Borno and Yobe States, is the hotbed of Boko Haram insurgency that has lasted five years.
Attacks by the group have continued despite a state of emergency in the three states in the last one year.
The group has scaled up attacks in the past weeks after abducting more than 250 school girls in Borno State.
The Mubi explosion follows similar bombings in Abuja, Kano and Plateau States, all happening in the last two months, killing more than 300 people.
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