Another explosion hits local market in Nigeria, at least 15 killed

Another explosion hit a local market in Nigeria's northeastern state of Bauchi on Monday, killing at least 15 people, witnesses said.

The explosion occurred near a police outpost inside the busy market as buyers and sellers were rounding off with business of the day, a witness named Buba Tijani said.

"The rescue workers have started arriving and the security operatives have just arrived to cordon off the area," Tijani said.

Another witness named Safiya Ibrahim said the explosive device was planted near the police outpost in the area.

When contacted, Bauchi State police spokesman Haruna Mohammed said the incident was being investigated.

Earlier on Monday, at least 20 lifeless bodies were recovered at the scene of an explosion which rocked a bus station on the outskirts of Gombe State, in the same northeastern region of Nigeria, the Red Cross said.

The explosion occurred at a motor park in Dukku area of the northern state, which shares a border with Yobe and Borno states, two of the most-hit provinces known as Boko Haram's stronghold in the northeastern region of Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, according to Abubakar Gome, scribe of the Red Cross in Gombe.

A security source said the blast went off at the bus station as two vehicles filled with passengers were about to leave. The source, who pleaded for anonymity, said at least 60 people, including 20 minors, were injured.

The two attacks were blamed on Boko Haram, a militant group which has proved to be a major security threat in the West African country since 2009. The group seeks to enshrine the Islamic Sharia law in Nigeria.

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