MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) – An explosion targeted a passenger-filled taxi in northeastern Nigeria’s largest city on Wednesday, killing at least seven in the deadliest bombing there in several months, officials and witnesses said.
Six people were killed at the scene and another died at a hospital, said Bello Dambatta, an emergency response official. The National Emergency Management Agency said on Twitter that 15 injured people were receiving treatment.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the blast.
The blast occurred as the taxi approached a gas station. The bodies of victims were sprawled on the ground next to the bombed-out vehicle as officials inspected the area.
It was unclear if a bomb had been planted in the taxi or if a passenger detonated explosives.