Bomb blast in church premises on New year day

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside an Pentecostal church in Gombe, Today.
The blast injured several people but there was no death a rescue worker said.
“There was an explosion outside the ECWA church this morning. A suicide bomber who was restrained from getting into the church blew himself up,” said Abubakar Yakubu, head of the Nigerian Red Cross in Gombe.
“Luckily no one was killed but some people were mildly injured.”
According to witness report, the man arrived during the church service and refused to park his motorcycle outside a security barrier set up by church volunteers.
“He insisted on riding through the barrier,”.
“It was while he was arguing with the volunteers that his suicide belt exploded.”
Gombe has until recently been spared the violence, an end product of Boko Haram actvities.
But attacks have increased in recent weeks.
Recently a female suicide bomber was killed as she tried to enter a military barracks in Gombe on
Wednesday.