2014 Gombe and Bauchi bombings
Appearance
2014 Gombe bus station bombing | |
---|---|
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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bombs in north Nigeria bus station, market kill 27". Reuters. December 22, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
- ^ "Dozens killed in Nigeria bomb blasts". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
Categories:
- 2014 murders in Nigeria
- Terrorist incidents in Nigeria in 2014
- Mass murder in 2014
- Gombe State
- Building bombings in Nigeria
- December 2014 events in Nigeria
- Attacks on bus stations
- Nigeria history stubs
- Terrorism stubs
- Marketplace attacks in Nigeria
- 21st-century mass murder in Nigeria
- Bauchi State
- 2014 building bombings