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Bombs kill more than 30 at market in northeast Nigeria - Red Cross
Source: Reuters
Two bomb attacks by suspected Boko Haram militants killed more than 30 people at a market in Gombe, in northeast Nigeria, on Thursday, a Red Cross official said.
Nobody has claimed responsibility for the blasts, which went off around 5.30pm (1630 GMT), but they bear the hallmarks of attacks by Boko Haram. The militant Islamists have killed thousands in a six-year insurgency in the country's northeast.
"I have 30 bodies in bags and I am sure there are more out there," said the Red Cross official, who was involved in the evacuation and wanted to remain anonymous.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/16/nigeria-security-blasts-idUSL5N0ZW4NT20150716
The BBC says another 55 were injured; many were shopping for the Eid festival to mark the end of Ramadan.
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