Female bomber, another woman die in Gombe blast

Gombe State Police Command, on Monday, confirmed the death of a suspected female suicide bomber and another woman in a blast that occurred in Gombe in the early hours of the day.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Fwaje Atajiri, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said that the suspected bomber and a woman who was at the scene, died in the blast.
He said six other persons sustained various degrees of injury.
Atajiri said contrary to reports that the blast occurred at the venue of the PDP campaign rally, it occurred near a carpenter’s shop in Kashere Street at the Water Board area in Gombe city.