Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect continued their rein of terror on Tuesday with a deadly bomb blast killing at least 20 people in the Sabon Gari area of Zaria town, Kaduna state.
The governor of the state, Nasir El-Rufai, confirmed the casualty figure via his Twitter handle.
The attack came hours after a suicide bomb attack at a Mosque in Kano on Monday and a similar explosions that killed 44 people in Jos, Plateau State, on Sunday.
Same day, six persons were killed at a Redeemed Church in Potiskum, Yobe State, by a suicide bomber.
A resident of Zaria said that the Tuesday’s blast occurred at the local government secretariat where civil servants’ screening was taking place.
He said it was unclear who the bomber was, but said the attacker detonated explosives in the middle of the crowd.
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