11 dead in Gombi market blast – NEMA
Mr Halilu Kangiwa, the acting Coordinator of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Adamawa, said 11 people lost their lives in Friday’s bomb blast in Gombi market.
Kangiwa told NAN on Sunday in Yola that 77 persons sustained injuries in the incident.
He said that out of the injured, 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.
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