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Deadly car bomb explodes in Nigeria's Gombe after Jonathan rally


    GOMBE, Nigeria (Reuters) - A car bomb went off near a stadium in the northeastern Nigerian city of Gombe on Monday, a few minutes after President Goodluck Jonathan left a party rally there.

    A Reuters photographer said the bomb exploded about 200 metres (yards) from the stadium, engulfing the car in flames and killing at least one bystander and wounding seven.

    (Reporting by Afolabi Sotunde; Additional reporting by Emma Ande; Writing by Julia Payne; Editing by Tim Cocks and Robin Pomeroy)