Causality figure of the bomb explosion at the busy phone market known
as Kasuwan Jagol in Azare, Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi
State has risen to 31, while 30 other victims are currently on
admission.
The Chief Medical Director of Federal Medical Centre, Azare, Dr.
Abduallhi Ibrahim, who gave the figure, told newsmen that the hospital
recorded 17 deaths and that 30 of the victims of the bomb explosion were
on admission.
Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Haruna Mohammed, had said 13 died and 65 were injured in the blast.
Giving the breakdown of the causality figure, Dr. Ibrahim said of the
17 that died in the hospital, 14 were victims of the explosion and
three were suspected suicide bombers.
He stated that doctors and nurses defied Joint Health Workers Union
(JOHESU) strike to attend to the victims of the bomb blast, adding that
the patients were responding to treatment.
However, Mohammed confirmed that one person, identified as one of the insurgents, was lynched by a mob.
The police spokesman confirmed 13 people dead while 43 of 65 persons,
who sustained various degrees of injuries, had been treated and
discharged.
“This brings the total causality figure of the explosion to 31 and 22 on admission,” he said.
Mohammed stated that police explosive ordinance disposal unit had
cordoned off the scene of the explosion, adding that normalcy had been
restored in Azare by a combined security forces while patrols had been
intensified within and outside the town.
Meanwhile, the Minority Leader of the state House of Assembly,
Suleiman Baba, has berated the Federal Government for allowing the
insecurity in the area to persist.
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