Hotel Blast Kills 13 in Nigeria as Police Foil Mosque Attack
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At least 13 people were killed late yesterday by a bomb blast at a hotel in the Bayan Gari district of Nigeria’s northeastern city of Bauchi, a state official said.
“There are 13 dead bodies at the mortuary,” Abubakar Malami, commissioner of health for Bauchi state, told reporters today at a hospital where the casualties were taken. “Seventeen people were treated and discharged, while 17 others are in critical condition and will be operated upon.”