Bomb blast kills several at football TV showing in northeast Nigeria

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Source: Reuters

A bomb blast targeting a television viewing center for football in northeast Nigeria killed an unknown number of people on Sunday, a security source and resident said.

The bomber struck the town of Mubi in Adamawa state in the evening, said resident Emmanuel Akinyele, a church pastor.

A military source said several bodies had been recovered, and the dead and wounded were still being evacuated from the area. The death toll was not clear, the source said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Islamist militant group Boko Haram, whose struggle for an Islamic state is concentrated in the northeast, would be the prime suspect.

Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/06/01/uk-nigeria-violence-idUKKBN0EC1V420140601

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Other reports say "about 15": http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/boko-haram-kills-15-in-adamawa/179938/

"at least 40": http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Bombing-at-Nigerian-soccer-match-kills-at-least-40-20140601

"scores" & "at least 60": http://dailypost.ng/2014/06/01/breaking-gunmen-bomb-beer-palour-mubi-adamawa/

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1. Bombing at northeast Nigeria football match kills at least 40

Bombing at northeast Nigeria football match kills at least 40

A bomb attack targeting fans at a football match in Nigeria's restive northeast killed at least 40 people on Sunday, a police officer told AFP.

"There has been a bomb explosion at a football field this evening and so far more than 40 people have been killed," said the officer who requested anonymity in the town of Mubi, which has seen previous attacks by Boko Haram Islamists.

The policeman's account was confirmed by a nurse at the Mubi General Hospital, who also requested anonymity, as the health worker was not authorised to discuss the attack with the media.

Mubi is located in Adamawa state, one of three in the northeast which has been under a state of emergency for more than a year as the military has tried to crush Boko Haram's five-year extremist uprising.

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