*As Boko Haram claims responsibility for Abuja blast

BY NDAHI MARAMA

MAIDUGURI – FOUR people were killed while one person  was seriously injured in a bomb blast that rocked Damboa Local Government Area of Borno state, Thursday afternoon.

This is coming barely a few hours after the  bomb explosion at the car park of  the  Police headquarters in Abuja .

Meanwhile, the Islamic sect,  Boko Haram,  has since claimed responsibility for the Abuja attack in a telephone call in Maiduguri.

Vanguard learnt that  the Damboa blast occurred at about 2pm in a house, near the  Church of Brethren in Nigeria known in Hausa as Eklisiyan Yan’uwa a Nigeriya (EYN).

Confirming the incident, the Borno state Police Commissioner, Alhaji Jinjiri Abubakar said that 4 teenagers were killed with one  person injured and has  since been admitted in an undisclosed hospital .

He said, the police have started investigation into the matter.