13 people have been confirmed dead and many
others injured after a bomb exploded in a market
in Azare Town, Bauchi State, North East Nigeria.
Eyewitness account say the blast occurred at the
Container Market where mobile phones are sold.
This attack comes barely a week after an
explosion killed scores of bank customers
withdrawing money from an Automatic Teller
Machine (ATM) of the First Bank Nigeria PLC.
This attack was also carried out by a female
bomber, who forced her way into the market
before detonating the bomb.
A source told Channels Television’s correspondent
that angry youths at the market, lynched a
woman and another person believed to be
masterminds of the blast.
Traders who sustained injury from the blast have
been taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Azare
Town.
Azare is located in the northern part of Bauchi
State and is about 200 kilometers away from the
state capital and the second largest town in the
state.
Azare has been severally attacked by terrorist
since 2002 when boko haram activities began.
only last month, an explosion at Yankari Motor
Park killed 13 people with several others injured.
In 2012, several commercial banks in the town
were robbed and destroyed by terrorists in an
overnight attack.
Channels
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