Kara community in Ogbaru, a town close to Onitsha in Anambra state was yesterday hit by a bomb blast at around 8:00pm. According to eyewitness reports, the bomb went off in a local restuarant and was detonated by a middle aged man believed to have been from the Northern part of the country.
The eyewitness accounted that: “The bomber is a man who came to the area, mostly populated by Northerners, and asked for a restaurant to eat for N150. He was directed to the eatery where he dropped his bag and asked for food. He ended up taking a few spoons of the food and leaving the place,
“Unknown to the people, he left behind a bomb in his bag which was later detonated about 5 minutes after the mystery man left, and injured seven people including a woman identified as Chioma.”
The bomb blast left seven people injured and the victims have since been transported to a nearby private hospital identified as Chioma Hospital for medical attention.
“The bomber spoke in Hausa language, he looked haggard, like a traveler. Nobody suspected he had evil intentions,”
Another eyewitness told news agency The Trent, “I can’t believe Boko Haram has come to Anambra. This is terrible.”
Rescue agencies were said to have moved in to render help shortly after the blast while a police team led by the Anambra State Deputy Commissioner of Police in Charge of Operations, Mr. A. J. Kokoma, were at the scene this morning.
Read more
The eyewitness accounted that: “The bomber is a man who came to the area, mostly populated by Northerners, and asked for a restaurant to eat for N150. He was directed to the eatery where he dropped his bag and asked for food. He ended up taking a few spoons of the food and leaving the place,
“Unknown to the people, he left behind a bomb in his bag which was later detonated about 5 minutes after the mystery man left, and injured seven people including a woman identified as Chioma.”
The bomb blast left seven people injured and the victims have since been transported to a nearby private hospital identified as Chioma Hospital for medical attention.
“The bomber spoke in Hausa language, he looked haggard, like a traveler. Nobody suspected he had evil intentions,”
Another eyewitness told news agency The Trent, “I can’t believe Boko Haram has come to Anambra. This is terrible.”
Rescue agencies were said to have moved in to render help shortly after the blast while a police team led by the Anambra State Deputy Commissioner of Police in Charge of Operations, Mr. A. J. Kokoma, were at the scene this morning.
Read more
No comments:
Post a Comment