See pictures of dead lie stacked up on trays, while the survivors fight for their lives in hospital.
These are the young victims of a suicide bomber triggered an explosion while football fans were watching the World Cup in Nigeria.
For now at 14 people were killed in the blast which went off in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe state, soon after the Brazil vs Mexico game on Tuesday night.
An eleven-year-old boy who survived a bomb explosion targetting football fans in a viewing centre by suspected Boko Haram Islamists lies on a bed receiving treatment in a government hospital in Damaturu, northern Nigeria
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The explosion at an illegal World Cup viewing site in Damaturu northeast Nigeria killed at least 14 people
Witnesses said a tricycle taxi was driven into the outdoor area before the bomb went off.
Police said the death toll was 14, with 26 people wounded. One hospital worker told the BBC however that he had counted 21 bodies.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Boko Haram, an armed Islamic group that wants to turn Nigeria into an Islamic state, was suspected.
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