Update: 30 dead, 105 injured in fresh Gombe attack

The Red Cross Society of Nigeria confirmed 35 persons dead and 105 injured in the double bomb blasts that occurred in Gombe on Wednesday.
Abubakar Yakubu, Secretary of the Society in Gombe spoke at the Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH) Gombe where some of the victims are currently treatment.
The Police Public Relations officer, DSP Fwaje Atajiri confirmed that the first blast occurred at Dadin Kowa Motor Park at about 7:50pm and another one followed about an hour later at Dukku motor Park.
He said both areas were immediately cordoned off to prevent looting of shops by hoodlums while restriction of movement equally imposed to enable the police more security of lives and property.
An eyewitness at Dadin-Kowa Motor Park said the blast occurred in between the park and a nearby mosque while people were coming out of the mosque after observing their prayer at about 7:30pm.
This incident brought to over 80 death and about 180 injuries cased by Boko Haram in Gombe in less than a week, the closest sequence and highest number of casualties

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