''No fewer than four persons were killed while 20 others were injured in three bomb blasts inside an army barracks in Bauchi on Sunday.
No group had claimed responsibility for the attack which occured in a Mammy Market inside the barracks around 8p.m, according to AFP.
The Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mr. Abdulkadir Indabawa, told AFP that four bodies had been recovered while 20 were injured.
Other reports said at least 12 people were killed. The injured were said to have been taken to undisclosed hospitals for medical attention.
Indabawa added that the attacks were caused by “locally made devices.”
He said, “There were three blasts at the Mammy market in Bauchi at about eight this evening. So far, we have recovered four dead bodies and a number of injured, close to 20.
“The blasts occured in three separate locations within the same vicinity and within some seconds of each other. There were a few seconds between the first, second and third blast.”
A senior military official who lived in the barracks, said the explosions went off within about five seconds of each other.''
Source: The Punch Newspaper
No group had claimed responsibility for the attack which occured in a Mammy Market inside the barracks around 8p.m, according to AFP.
The Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mr. Abdulkadir Indabawa, told AFP that four bodies had been recovered while 20 were injured.
Other reports said at least 12 people were killed. The injured were said to have been taken to undisclosed hospitals for medical attention.
Indabawa added that the attacks were caused by “locally made devices.”
He said, “There were three blasts at the Mammy market in Bauchi at about eight this evening. So far, we have recovered four dead bodies and a number of injured, close to 20.
“The blasts occured in three separate locations within the same vicinity and within some seconds of each other. There were a few seconds between the first, second and third blast.”
A senior military official who lived in the barracks, said the explosions went off within about five seconds of each other.''
Source: The Punch Newspaper
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