“Multiple witnesses said the men entered the station in one vehicle and then dropped bags packed with explosives between the buses which were filling up with travellers.” Sheer savagery.
“Nigeria bus station hit by triple bomb blasts, 8 killed,” AFP, October 31, 2014:
KANO, Oct 31 — A triple bombing at a bus station in north Nigeria during this morning’s rush hour killed at least eight people and injured 34 others, as hopes of a ceasefire with Boko Haram appeared to suffer another blow.
It is not clear if the Islamist militants were behind the attack in Gombe city, the capital of Gombe state, but the extremists have a track record of targeting commuters.
Gombe’s police chief Abdullahi Kudu said three suspects were arrested immediately after the blasts at the Gombe Line Station at about 9:00 am (0800 GMT).
Multiple witnesses said the men entered the station in one vehicle and then dropped bags packed with explosives between the buses which were filling up with travellers.
A rescue worker, who requested anonymity, said eight bodies were found dead at the scene and brought to the Gombe Specialist Hospital.
Another 34 were wounded, according to National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) spokesman Manzo Ezekiel.
The bus station descended into chaos after the bombs went off, with several injured in a stampede of people trying to flee the scene, the rescue worker said.
Mobs surrounded the suspected bombers and police had to intervene to prevent them from being trampled to death, said Gome Line employee Lawanti Aliyu, in an account supported by others.
Locals reportedly threw stones at vehicles carrying security service personnel who rushed to the scene, apparently outraged at the fresh violence in the city which has been attacked by Boko Haram in the past….
Jay Boo says
The UN needs to give Nigerian police a free hand to deal with this and stop kissing the butts of Muslim leaders.
mortimer says
Nigeria’s government, police and military officers are compromised by jihad sympathizers in their midst. Half of Nigeria is Muslim and they realize that thousands are leaving Islam every year. Jihad is the response to the evangelism of all churches.
Call the police if you see unattended luggage.
Jay Boo says
“Mobs surrounded the suspected bombers and police had to intervene to prevent them from being trampled to death”
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In Dem Rep. Congo mobs caught a suspected Islamist militant and stoned him to death, roasted his corpse and had him for lunch.
We can expect that one Muslim won’t be going to paradise in that condition and that Muslims will protest to the UN about proper Islamic burial customs
U.N. peacekeeping mission known as MONUSCO following criticism from locals that it had failed to defend them and had even collaborated with ADF-NALU.
http://news.yahoo.com/congo-crowd-kills-man-eats-him-militant-massacres-160235263.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2816159/Mob-stone-death-suspected-ISIS-member-burn-corpse-EAT-revenge-series-attacks-Congo-left-100-people-dead.html
gerard says
Isn’t it time Muslim countries started rejecting Islam? After all, Muslims are themselves the first victims of Islam. The problem of Islam is not just for the West to solve.
mortimer says
Indeed. You wonder how long it will take for Muslims to see that Islam promotes violent acts like this as ‘individual jihad’…fully supported by the sacred example (Sunna) of Mohammed, Sharia law and Al Azhar University (Islam’s equivalent of the Vatican).
Salah says
“”.as hopes of a ceasefire with Boko Haram appeared to suffer another blow.”
Ceasefire = Surrender.
Never negociate with these vermins. Boko Haram must be annihilated to the last one. No compromise, no negociations, no ceasefire until they are ALL dead.
Some Muslims are Muslims out of fear, others out of ignorance, others out of wickedness. Boko Haram belongs to this last category. They must be totally exterminated.
Jay Boo says
Salah
(or others who read Arabic)
This is a bit off topic concerning Arabic script.
If you get a chance you might wish to Google
(North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services)
The cursive styled script resembles the Arabic script on the Isis flag.
in addition it appears to show ‘infidels’ being beheaded with the right side of script across their necks.
Here is one link that shows it quite well
http://info.dhhs.state.nc.us/olm/manuals/manuals.aspx?dc=dhs
Jerry says
Unfortunately you cannot fight Jihadi evil with your hands tied up behind your back through vegetarian notions of “rules of engagement” or “rule of law”.
The only way to do it is with a clear mission and determination to search, destroy, take no prisoners and have no “cease fires”.
Jen says
I seethe when I read about these kinds of attacks. They just drop the explosives and go. Public transport as well. It would be preferable they blew themselves up in the process.
A bus station is harder to monitor because droves of people all arrive at once for the particular buses they want to catch. Checking each person who enters would be a long process and would make things inefficient. A shopping centre is much easier as people come at their own leisure so security only needs to check a small handful at once. That’s another sad reason why public transport is such an easy target.
dumbledoresarmy says
Jen
you have to talk to people who lived in Israel during the “suicide bomber” “intifada”. I’ve read a few accounts (though I can’t lay my hand on anything right now to link for you).
Ordinary people got *very* good at smelling danger.
*Bus drivers* got very good.
Every now and again, an attacker slipped through; but I think more attacks were prevented than achieved, and much of it was due to the vigilance of the general public.