30 Killed In Gombe Bomb Explosions

About 30 people lost their

lives and 67 others injured by

multiple bomb explosions that

occurred at Dadin/Kowa and

Dukku motor parks of Gombe

State Wednesday, a Red cross

official has confirmed.

Abubakar Yakubu, who is the

Secretary, Red Cross Society ,

Gombe State, told journalists

that bodies were deposited at

the Federal Teaching Hospital

(FHT) Gombe and Specialist

Hospital mortuary.

According to him, those who

sustained injuries were given

treatment at the FTH and

Specialist hospital.

Fwaje Atajiri, Police Public

Relation Officer, said that the

Dadin/Kowa park blast

occurred around 7:50 p.m.

The Dukku motor park blast

occurred nearly two hours

after the Dadin/kowa blast.

A witness, Suleman Isa, told

PREMIUM TIMES that the

Dadin/kowa park bomb

exploded between mosque

and the motor park, as people

were coming out from the

mosque.