DAMATURU, Nigeria: Two explosions struck an open air praying
area in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu, killing at least
five people as Muslim worshippers gathered to mark Eid al-Fitr on Friday
morning, witnesses said.
"I was sitting down when I
heard two bomb blasts. I saw the bodies of five people and many were
injured," said Muhammad Adamu, a businessman who was at the praying
area, beside the main road leading to the centre of the predominantly
Muslim city, when the blasts happened at around 8 a.m. (8.00 a.m BST).
Another witness, Muslim preacher Ustaz Abdullahi, also said he saw five people killed.
Nobody
immediately claimed responsibility for the blasts, but such incidents
are usually blamed on Islamist group Boko Haram. On Thursday, some 50
people were killed in bomb attacks at a market in Gombe, around 200 km
(120 miles) from Damaturu.
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