Three bomb attack rattles Northern Nigeria

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, Kano - Three bomb blasts rocked the city of Maiduguri and Damaturu in northern Nigeria, Wednesday (4 / 1). The bomb blasts came days after the area was declared a state of emergency. There has been no reports of casualties after the attack. According to sources at the hospital, two civilians were shot to death.

The attack is the first event that occurred in the area since President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency over the weekend in some parts of the country are reportedly facing an attack by rebel groups.

"There were two explosions in the area ... Mairi tonight. Solokan placed explosives and detonated three there was no one in the area," said a spokesman for the military special task force in Maiduguri, Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Hassan. The blast occurred not far from the center of the customs, but Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed denied the site was targeted.

In Damaturu, a bomb exploded open place where drinking is popular among the people, the local drink is usually served in a suburb called Kandahar, said a regular customer there. "There was a loud explosion ... which makes the dust flying in all directions. This is followed by chaos ...," says Henry Samuel. ''So I can not say whether there are casualties or not because I ran away as soon as I heard the sound of explosions. "