Eleven people killed in Gombe blast- NEMA

– A suicide bomber on January 29, Friday, detonated a suicide vest at a crowded market in Gombi town in Adamawa state.
– NEMA officials said eleven died in the bomb blast.
– Seventy-seven people sustained injuries in the incident.

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The acting Coordinator of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Adamawa state, Halilu Kangiwa, has said that 11 people lost their lives in Friday’s bomb blast in Gombi market.
According to NAN, Kangiwa said that 77 persons sustained injuries in the incident, adding that 19 persons had been treated and discharged from the hospital.

“We now have 58 others with serious injuries undergoing treatment in hospitals in Gombi and Yola towns,” he said.
NAN recalls that a twin blast rocked the grain section of Gombi market, killed and injured people and destroyed substantial part of the market.
Meanwhile, four people were killed and a dozen others wounded when two suicide bombers set off twin bombs in the town of Kerawa, northern Cameroon.
Local officials reported that there was no immediate claim of responsibility but Boko Haram militants who have carried out strings of suicide bombings in northern Cameroon are blamed for the recent attacks.