A suicide bomber detonated explosives that were hidden in a tricycle taxi at a public World Cup viewing in northeast Nigeria.
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At least 14 people are reported dead and another 26 wounded after a suicide bomber detonated an explosive attached to a tricycle taxi at a World Cup viewing site in Damaturu in northeast Nigeria, the Police Assistant Superintendent Nathan Cheghan told the Associated Press.
A suicide bomber drove the vehicle into the outdoor area shortly after the Brazil-Mexico match started Tuesday night, witnesses said.
Police suspect that Boko Haram, the armed Islamic group that is responsible for kidnapping more than 250 schoolgirls, is behind the attack, but there was no immediate claim of responsibility. Due to Boko Haram's recent success, Nigeria's military has promised to increase security, but seems unable to stop attacks by the terrorist organization. Last month, bombings at a bus terminal killed at least 118.
Cheghan said Wednesday that rescue workers were slow to assess the aftermath of the World Cup viewing bombing because they feared a secondary explosion — Boko Haram is reportedly known to set off additional explosions to kill those aiding victims from the first bomb.
Security experts have expressed fear that Islamic militant groups could attack crowds watching the World Cup in public places in Nigeria, Kenya, and Uganda. In 2010, explosions during a World Cup viewing in Kampala, Uganda killed 74 people. Al-Shabab, a Somali insurgent group, took responsibility for those attacks.
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