Multiple bomb blast has just occurred at Buhari Housing Estate in Damaturu, Yobe state.
About 16 people are feared dead. According to report, the explosions were heard in Damaturu, the Yobe state capital, in the early hours of this morning, October 7.
The injured have been rushed to Sani Abacha Specialist Hospital for treatment.
Report has it that Nigerian troops repelled an attack on the 120 Task Force Battalion, Goniri, Yobe state by members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect.
News24 reports that the troops clashed with the fleeing insurgents in the early hours of Wednesday.
According to Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, the acting director of army public relations, seven soldiers died while 1 officer and 8 soldiers were wounded during the encounter.
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