Men of the Nigeria Police Mobile Force(MOPOL)on the move in a Saxon APC
Bomb explosion hits Nigerian mobile police base, casualties feared: source
GOMBE, Nigeria
Oct. 16 (XINHUA)
An early morning bomb explosion on Sunday hit a Nigerian Police mobile base in northern Gombe State as casualties are feared, a competent source told Xinhua.
The source said that a powerful explosion rocked “Mopol 34″ in Gombe state at about 4 a.m local time, saying casualties are feared.
Some unknown gunmen suspected to be members of the dreaded Islamist group Boko Haram hurled a bomb at the Mobile Police base leading to the explosion, according to the source.
“Two buildings and seven operational vehicles were badly burnt, ” the police source told Xinhua.
But the police at the scene said they could not confirm the figure at this stage
