A suicide bomber blew himself up outside an evangelist
church in northeast Nigeria on Thursday, injuring several
people, witnesses and a rescue worker said.
“There was an explosion outside the ECWA church this
morning. A suicide bomber who was restrained from getting
into the church blew himself up,” said Abubakar Yakubu,
who heads the Nigeria Red Cross in Gombe.
“Luckily no one was killed but some people were mildly
injured.”
A witness said the man arrived during the church service
and refused to park his motorcycle outside a security
barrier set up by church volunteers.
“He insisted on riding through the barrier,” said Dahiru
Badamasi.
“It was while he was arguing with the volunteers that his
suicide belt exploded.”
Another witness heard an explosion and rushed outside.
“I saw a man leading three children with their new dresses
stained with blood,” said Jummai Maifada.
Northeast Nigeria has seen a relentless string of attacks
blamed on Boko Haram militants, increasingly using female
suicide bombers.
Gombe, capital of the eponymous state, has until recently
been spared the violence that has shaken the neighbouring
states of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa, where Boko Haram
has taken around 20 towns.
But attacks have increased in recent weeks.
A female suicide bomber was killed as she tried to enter a
military barracks also in Gombe on Wednesday.
Seven others died in a bus explosion Wednesday in a village
close to Potiskum, in Yobe state.
Experts have cast doubt on Nigeria’s ability to hold planned
national elections in February due to rising unrest in parts of
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