Causality
figure of the bomb explosion at the busy phone market known as Kasuwan Jagol in
Azare, Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State has risen to 31, while 30
other victims are currently on admission.
The
Chief Medical Director of Federal Medical Centre, Azare, Dr. Abduallhi Ibrahim,
who gave the figure, told newsmen that the hospital recorded 17 deaths and that
30 of the victims of the bomb explosion were on admission.
Police
Public Relations Officer in the state, had said 13 died and 65 were injured in
the blast.
Giving
the breakdown of the causality figure, the Chief Medical Director said of the
17 that died in the hospital, 14 were victims of the explosion and three were
suspected suicide bombers.
He
stated that doctors and nurses defied Joint Health Workers Union (JOHESU)
strike to attend to the victims of the bomb blast, adding that the patients
were responding to treatment.
However,
Mohammed confirmed that one person, identified as one of the insurgents, was
lynched by a mob.
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