A viewing centre in Yobe State where members of the public watch matches of the ongoing Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup has been hit by a bomb explosion, killing an unspecified number of football fans.
Hosts Brazil had just begun their encounter against the Mexican national team when the explosion reportedly went off.
According to BBC, the blast hit Damaturu town at about 20:00 local time (19:00 GMT).
“There were reports of casualties being brought into hospitals, but it is not clear if there were any deaths,” it wrote.
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“There was an explosion outside a soccer viewing centre here in Damaturu at around 20:15,” Sanusi Ruf’ai, police commissioner for Yobe state, told AFP news agency, according to BBC.
“Our men have deployed to the scene but it’s too early for us to give details.”
A number of states, notably Plateau and Adamawa, placed an indefinite ban on the running of viewing centres during the World Cup, following a bomb attack at a viewing centre in Jos, capital of Plateau State on May 24, 2014.
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2 comments
Why can’t these people be security conscious. It is obvious that these viewing centers are Boko haram targets. People should change their ways in the light of the permanent threat of terrorism in these States of the North East.
All viewing centers in the North should close down for now period