At least five people were said
to have died and 12 others seriously injured when two bombs went off in a
crowded motor park at Azare town of Bauchi State at about 10pm on
Wednesday.
Azare, which is in Katagum Local Government area is about four hours drive from Bauchi, the state capital.
The incident came after information filtered into the town that a man identified as Mathew was attacked and killed at about 9pm same day around a settlement called Fur in Bogoro Local Government area of the state. The attackers went away with his head and one leg.
Incidentally,
as the Bauchi onslaught came some few hours after residents of Kampany
and Bakun Allu communities of Lafia Local Government area of Nasarawa
State were slaughtered in their numbers by gunmen suspected to be Fulani
herdsmen on the night of Tuesday. The attack, which began at about 11pm
was said to have lasted till about 2am the following day.
The attack was said to have left over 20 people dead, 40 houses burnt and hundreds displaced.
A
military source, who craved anonymity because he was not authorised to
speak, told our correspondent that the attack also had the elements of
Boko Haram style as the insurgents now occupy 18 communities in Nasarawa
State.
However, eyewitness to the Azare blast told newsmen that
about two bombs were detonated simultaneously around 10pm at the main
motor-park along Kano road by some hoodlums.
The witness said he
counted about 15 bodies lying down on the ground at the scenes of the
bomb blast while several others were critically injured.
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