2014 Gombe bus station bombing | |
Partof: | Islamist insurgency in Nigeria |
Caption: | Location of Gombe State in Nigeria |
Map Size: | 250px |
Location: | Bauchi, Bauchi State and Gombe, Gombe State, Nigeria |
Target: | bus station |
Date: | December 22, 2014 |
Type: | Bombing |
Fatalities: | 27 |
Injuries: | 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]