Very Graphic: See Photos from the First Bank Bomb Blast in Bauchi

A bomb explosion rocked Azare town of Bauchi State today, killing scores of bank customers 

withdrawing money from an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) of the First Bank Nigeria PLC.

According to eyewitnesses, the blast occurred around 10:30am after an Improvised 

Explosive Devices (IED) was sneaked into the bank premises and kept close to the major 

ATM machine. A medical officer working with the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Azare, told

 Channels Television that 18 bodies were brought to the mortuary while the 35 capacity female 

ward of the hospital was allocated to those brought with various degrees of injuries.

Azare town have had its fair share of terrorists attack since the commencement of the Boko 

Haram insurgency as last three weeks, an explosion at the Yankari Motor Park of the town 

went-off killing 13 people while over 20 others sustained injuries.

Graphic photos of the dead at the bomb blast continue after the cut. VIEWER'S DISCRETION 

IS STRONGLY ADVISED