Abuja multiple blasts: 15 dead, 41 injured

In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews (Nation’s capital) …

Following the bombs blasts that rocked two suburbs of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, Friday night, the FCT police authorities and the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Saturday, confirmed that 15 persons lost their lives while 41others were injured.

The multiple bomb blasts occurred in Kuje and Nyanya areas of Abuja.

According to police and NEMA sources, the remains of those killed have been deposited in the mortuaries of hospitals across Abuja while the injured were rushed to Kuje General Hospital, National Hospital and Nyanya General Hospital.

It was gathered that the bombers targeted the Kuje evening market, the police station in Kuje, and the ever busy road at Nyanya.

Senior officials at NEMA said on Saturday morning that the suicide bomber who targeted the Kuje police station died while climbing the fence of the station when the bomb that was strapped to his body went off.

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Explaining how the blasts actually occurred, the Senior Information Officer, NEMA, Mr. Sani Datti, said, “Out of the rush, different reports and accounts were given. The update I have is that there were twin suicide bombs in each of the locations where the blasts occurred. The first twin bomb blasts occurred at Nyanya. Another set of twin bomb blasts by suicide bombers occurred at Kuje.

“The blasts in Nyanya occurred at almost the same place where the last bomb explosion happened in that area. But this time, there were two suicide bombers and they detonated their bombs there. Many people didn’t know that there were two suicide bombers and they both detonated their bombs.”

He said, “In Kuje, 13 persons have been confirmed dead, while two people were killed in Nyanya. In Kuje 20 people were injured, while 21 were injured in Nyanya. This means a total of 41 persons were injured while 15 deaths were recorded. Please these were as a result of suicide bomb attacks and not that bombs were planted in these areas as speculated.”

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