Three people were feared dead, while
21 others sustained various degrees of injuries
when a suicide bomber blew up himself near a
Mosque at Kasuwan Mata, Gombe State, on
Tuesday evening.
Personnel of the Nigerian Red Cross Society and
other related personnel were seen at the
Accident and Emergency Unit of the Specialists
Hospital, Gombe, trying to rescue victims.
Umar Ahmed, the Disaster Management
Coordinator of the Red Cross Society in Gombe
State, said that immediately they heard about the
blast, the Society mobilised its personnel to
rescue the injured persons.
He said all the victims were conveyed to the
specialists hospital and were being treated by
doctors and other health workers.
A source said the suspected suicide bomber was
seen loitering around the area, apparently trying
to detonate the explosive.
The source said not quite long when the suspect
was sighted; he detonated the bomb which killed
him and two other persons.
He added that irate youths who were at the
scene set the remains of the suspected suicide
bomber ablaze, while those injured were taken to
the Specialists Hospital, Gombe for treatment.
21 persons who sustained various degrees of
injuries were being attended to by doctors.
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