Wednesday, 23 July 2014

TERROR!!! Kaduna second explosion kills scores, govt declares 24-hour curfew

Vehicles burn after an attack in Abuja on April 14, 2014.
Twin blasts at a bus station packed with morning commuters
on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital killed dozens of people
on April 14, in what appeared to be the latest attack by Boko
Haram Islamists. The explosions rocked the Nyanya station
roughly five kilometres (three miles) south of Abuja at 6:45
am (0545 GMT) and destroyed some 30 vehicles, mostly
large passenger buses, officials and an AFP reporter said
Two hours after a suicide bomber killed no fewer than 25
persons in Alkali/Isa Kaita Road in Kaduna on Wednesday,
another explosion in the city had claimed the lives of
unspecified number of people.
The second explosion was said to have occurred near Kawo
overhead bridge.
While the police confirmed that 25 persons died in the first
blast, which took place after a Ramada Lecture, the number
of casualties in the second explosion had yet to be
ascertained as of the time of filing this report.
Meanwhile, the Kaduna State Government has declared a 24-
hour curfew in the capital city following the twin bombing in
the state capital, according to a statement by the government.
culled from Punch

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