The number of people who died in the suicide bomb blast in the City of Zaria in Kaduna State on Tuesday has increased to 25 including a 2-year-old toddler, the Kaduna state governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has reported, this is the latest in a string of deadly bombing and shooting attacks by the Boko Haram extremist group.
Reports in many online publications and social media had earlier quoted the put the number of the dead at 20.
Gov. Nasir el-Rufai urged citizens to avoid crowded public places including mosques and churches as the militants widen and accelerate the pace of attacks that have killed some 300 people in a week. Boko Haram may be responding to an Islamic State group order to commit more mayhem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The blast targeted government headquarters in the historic Muslim town as civil servants assembled to welcome a new chairman, El-Rufai said in an email to The Associated Press.
“Terrorists detonated explosives that killed and injured several persons … (with) 25 fatalities including a 2-year-old,” el-Rufai said.
Thirty-two wounded victims are being treated at the university teaching hospital, he said.
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