Police Confirm Gombe Blast, Say 7 Dead

The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed that seven persons died in the bomb attack that occurred at the Gombe Transport Services Limited Terminal in the Gombe State capital.

Earlier figures given after the attack occurred by sources at the Nigeria Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, put number of deaths at nine deaths.

Giving latest information about Friday’s bomb blast, spokesman for the police, Emmanuel Ojukwu, also said that 33 persons were injured.

He told reporters that the police had launched investigation into the attack.

Bomb experts in the force have also taken over the site of the incidence.

After the attack, eyewitness accounts say that three bombs concealed in bags went off during Friday morning rush hour and that three men left bags packed with explosives among the buses which went off.

In the earlier report given by NEMA, the number of the injured victims was also put at 37.