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Nigeria Suicide Blast Kills Five, Leaves 11 Badly Injured

© AP Photo / Jon Gambrell, FileNigerian soldiers stand guard at the offices of the state-run Nigerian Television Authority in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Archive photo.
Nigerian soldiers stand guard at the offices of the state-run Nigerian Television Authority in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Archive photo. - Sputnik International
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At least five people have been killed and 11 more wounded in an apparent suicide blast in northeastern Nigeria.

Image taken from video by Nigeria's Boko Haram terrorist network - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW, January 17 (Sputnik) — The bombing took place at 7:25 pm (18:25 GMT) near a marketplace in Kasuwar Arawa, near the public university in Gombe, the capital of Gombe state, the news agency AFP reported on Friday.

"It was a suicide bombing. Six people were killed including the bomber and 11 others were injured. We evacuated them to the hospital," Saidu Ahmed Minin, head of operation of the National Emergency Management Agency in Gombe, said.

According to eyewitnesses, the blast occurred at a time when the market was full of people.

"The bomber went into the crowd of people waiting to recharge their telephones at a public charging station and then set off the explosive. The explosion shook the whole neighborhood," taxi driver Idris Babandada told AFP.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.

With local doctors currently on strike, all those injured were treated by aid volunteers and nurses, according to a Gombe aid worker.

Gombe has repeatedly been hit by a spate of suicide bombings, most of them at bus stations and near military facilities. The attacks are thought to be the work of Boko Haram militants.

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