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June 18, 2014 03:43 am GMT
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Bomb Blast Rocks World Cup Viewing Venue in Nigeria
A suicide bomber detonated a tricycle taxi packed with explosives at an outdoor World Cup viewing center in the northeast Nigerian city of Damaturu on Wednesday night, and witnesses said several people were killed.
Hospital workers said the death likely will rise with 15 people critically wounded and casualties still coming in to the main hospital at Damaturu, capital of Yobe state.
Police Assistant Superintendent Nathan Cheghan confirmed the explosion but said rescue workers were being careful for fear of secondary explosions. Islamic extremists of the Boko Haram group frequently time secondary explosions to kill people who rush to the scene of a bomb blast. Read more...
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