Victims of football fans watching the World Cup killed by a bomb in Boko Haram...
On Tuesday, at least 14 people were killed in the bomb attack in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe state, which struck football fans watching the World Cup...
Witnesses said a tricycle taxi was driven into the outdoor area before the bomb went off.
Some of the victims killed by a bomb explosion targeting football fans watching the World Cup in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe state, lie in the morgue in the town's government hospital
Police said the death toll was 14, with 26 people wounded. One hospital worker told the BBC however that he had counted 21 bodies.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Boko Haram was suspected.
Police assistant superintendent Nathan Cheghan said rescue workers were being careful for fear of secondary explosions, often timed to kill people who rush to the scene of a bomb blast.
Last month an attack on a market place in the city of Jos, Plateau State, which used precisely that tactic to kill 118 in car-bomb blasts timed 30 minutes apart.
Other recent attacks include the slaughter of at least 200 civilians in three remote communities in Borno on June 2, a bombing at a football field in Mubi, Adamawa state, which killed at least 40, and attacks on the Borno towns of Gamboru and Ngala, in which as many as 336 are thought to have been killed
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