Twin blasts have rocked a market in the northeast Nigerian city of Gombe, leaving 30 people
dead, witnesses said.
"I have 30 bodies in bags and I am sure there are more out there," said a Red Cross official, who was involved in the evacuation and wanted to remain anonymous.
An official from the National Emergency Management Agency also confirmed that the attacks had taken place and many people were hurt.
Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege, reporting from the capital Abuja, quoted witnesses as saying that "there was an incredible amount of panic" at the market following the attack.
She also reported that at least two suicide bombers were involved in the attack.
No one has claimed responsibility for the blasts, which went off around 16:30 GMT, but they bore the hallmarks of attacks by Boko Haram.
The armed group have killed thousands in a six-year insurgency in the country's northeast.
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