2014 Gombe and Bauchi bombings

2014 Gombe bus station bombing
Part of the Boko Haram insurgency
LocationBauchi, Bauchi State and Gombe, Gombe State, Nigeria
DateDecember 22, 2014
Targetbus station
Attack type
Bombing
Deaths27
Injured60

On December 22, 2014, bombings against civilian locations in two Northern Nigerian cities killed 27 people and injured 60 more. The first happened at a bus station in Gombe, Gombe State, Nigeria. It killed 20 people. The second blast was more powerful and occurred at a market in Bauchi, Bauchi State.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "Bombs in north Nigeria bus station, market kill 27". Reuters. December 22, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Dozens killed in Nigeria bomb blasts". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-04-17.

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