Toll Rises To 20 In Nigeria Bomb Blast

Publisher:
Wochit
Publication Date:
3 May 2014
Tags:
Nigeria, Conflict, Peace and Security

The death toll in Nigeria's Nyanya bomb blast has increased to 20 after one of the victims died in hospital, the West African country's ministry of health said Saturday. The number of injured according to the ministry is 85. Also, 14 of the 85 victims affected by the Thursday bomb blast have been treated and discharged from the various hospitals. Minister of Health Onyebuchi Chukwu and Minister of State for Health Khaliru Alhassan were at various hospitals to interact with the survivors of the blast. They visited Asokoro Hopsital, Nyanya Hopsital, Maitama, Wuse and Gwarinpa Hospital.

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