Twin blasts have rocked a market in the northeast Nigerian city of Gombe, leaving 30 people dead, witnesses said.
"I have 30 bodies in bags and I am sure there are more out there,"
said the Red Cross official, who was involved in the evacuation and
wanted to remain anonymous.
An official from the National Emergency Management Agency also
confirmed that the attacks had taken place and many people were hurt.
No one has claimed responsibility for the blasts, which went off
around 1630 GMT, but they bore the hallmarks of attacks by Boko Haram.
The armed group have killed thousands in a six-year insurgency in the country's northeast.
The area was crowded with customers doing some last-minute shopping
on the eve of the Eid festival marking the end of the Muslim fasting
month of Ramadan.
"I was about 70 metres (yards) from the scene" when the first blast struck, Badamasi Amin, a local trader, told AFP.
"I and many other people rushed to assist the victims. While we were
trying to attend to the wounded, another blast happened outside a china
shop just opposite the footwear shop.
"Several people were killed and many more were injured," he added.
Ali Nasiru, another trader, said he saw "people lying lifeless on the ground".
"Traders and shoppers helped in evacuating the victims to the
hospital," he said. "I can't say how many people were affected but there
are many."
Reports said authorities are in the process of removing the bodies from the scene of the incident.
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