An explosion has hit northern Nigeria’s Yobe
state at a venue televising a World Cup football
match, residents and security officials say.
The blast hit Damaturu town at about 20:00
local time (19:00 GMT), reports said.
There were reports of casualties being brought
into hospitals, but it is not clear if there were
any deaths.
Yobe is one of three areas under a state of
emergency amid attacks by suspected Boko
Haram militants.
“There was an explosion outside a soccer
viewing centre here in Damaturu at around
20:15,”Sanusi Ruf’ai, police commissioner for
Yobe state, told AFP news agency.
“Our men have deployed to the scene but it’s
too early for us to give details.”
The Nigerian authorities have warned residents
in some states to avoid public screenings of the
World Cup, fearing militant attacks.
On Thursday, the north-eastern state of
Adamawa ordered all venues planning to show
live coverage of the football tournament to
close, saying they had received intelligence of
planned bomb attacks.
The states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa have
been under a state of emergency since May
2013. At least 2,000 people have died in the
north-east since Boko Haram launched an
insurgency in 2009.
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state at a venue televising a World Cup football
match, residents and security officials say.
The blast hit Damaturu town at about 20:00
local time (19:00 GMT), reports said.
There were reports of casualties being brought
into hospitals, but it is not clear if there were
any deaths.
Yobe is one of three areas under a state of
emergency amid attacks by suspected Boko
Haram militants.
“There was an explosion outside a soccer
viewing centre here in Damaturu at around
20:15,”Sanusi Ruf’ai, police commissioner for
Yobe state, told AFP news agency.
“Our men have deployed to the scene but it’s
too early for us to give details.”
The Nigerian authorities have warned residents
in some states to avoid public screenings of the
World Cup, fearing militant attacks.
On Thursday, the north-eastern state of
Adamawa ordered all venues planning to show
live coverage of the football tournament to
close, saying they had received intelligence of
planned bomb attacks.
The states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa have
been under a state of emergency since May
2013. At least 2,000 people have died in the
north-east since Boko Haram launched an
insurgency in 2009.
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