BREAKING NEWS:Boko Haram leaves 50 people dead in Gombe market blast

Firstclass newsline gathered that atleast 50 people lost their lives
while scores of others were injured in Gombe central market's twin
blast on Thursday evening.
An eyewitness, Malam Ibrahim Mohammed, an orange seller, told newsmen
that the bomb exploded at exactly 5.20 pm, and just a few meters away
from the scene, another bomb exploded.
According to him, the number of dead bodies he saw are between 47 to
50 apart from mutilated parts of human bodies.
On his part, a member of the Nigeria Red Cross Society, who pleaded
anonymity, said the society counted about 48 dead bodies and the
corpses were deposited at the mortuaries of the Specialist Hospital
and Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe.
Confirming the incident to newsmen, the state Commissioner of Police,
Mr Kudu Nma, said, "there was a bomb blast either on a suicide mission
or EIDs were kept somewhere, with the view to causing panic and
apprehension to people."
According to him, the bomb exploded at the central market Sabon Layi,
where they sell slippers and clothes.
"People were busy shopping, preparatory to Sallah festival. The
casualties are yet to be ascertained. As you can see, people are busy
working, trying to save lives. For now, we cannot tell you the number
of casualties."
He said the police had condoned off the place to avoid looting, adding that
calm had been restored to the place.
Firstclassnewsline.net