A bomb blast at a football-viewing centre in Damaturu, northern Nigeria has reportedly left 21 dead.
The explosion at the Crossfire venue, in the Nayi-Nawa area of the state capital of Yobe, happened shortly after tournament host nation Brazil kicked off against Mexico.
According to The Daily Star, a medical source at the Sani Abacha Specialist Hospital said that the hospital received 21 dead bodies and 27 injured victims from the blast on Tuesday night.
The Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram is being blamed for the blast, which is the latest in the strings of bomb attacks on football fans in Nigeria.
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