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A bomb suspected by Boko Haram kills 14 in Nigeria

A bomb blast targeting a television viewing centre for football in northeast Nigeria killed at least 14 people and wounded 12 on Sunday, Nigerian police and the Nigerian military said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast in Gavan in the Mubi area of Adamawa state. Islamist militant group Boko Haram, whose struggle for an Islamic state is concentrated in the Northeast, would be the prime suspect.

“So far we have 14 dead while 12 are injured, some of them critically,” police spokesman for Adamawa state Usman Abubakar said by telephone. He had no further details….

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