2014 Gombe bus station bombing | |
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Part of Islamist insurgency in Nigeria | |
Location | Bauchi, Bauchi State and Gombe, Gombe State, Nigeria |
Date | December 22, 2014 |
Target | bus station |
Attack type | Bombing |
Deaths | 27 |
Injured | 60 |
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]