imageKANO, Nigeria: A bomb blast at a bus station in restive northern Nigeria's Bauchi state killed five people and injured 12 others, police said on Thursday, confirming overnight witness reports.

"At about 9:45 pm (2045 GMT Wednesday) there was a bomb blast at (a) motor park roundabout in Azare town," police spokesman Mohammed Haruna said. "Five persons burnt beyond recognition were certified dead, while twelve others sustained various degrees of injury."

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2014

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