A young female suicide bomber on Tuesday killed at least six people
and injured up to 28 others outside the main bus station in the
northeastern Nigerian town of Damaturu, witnesses and an official said.
No group or individual has claimed responsibility but Boko Haram
Islamists have in the past months used young women to carry out bloody
suicide attacks in the restive northeast of the country.
“A young girl came around at 7:00 am (0600 GMT) and wanted to enter
the bus station. She was denied entry because she refused to be searched
by the security guards at the entrance,” a witness, Sani Dankamasho,
told AFP.
A spokesman of the government of Yobe state, whose capital is Damaturu, confirmed the attack but gave a death toll of five.
“There was a suicide bombing in Damaturu…this morning where five
people were killed from the explosion with more than 20 other victims
injured,” Abdulahhi Bego said in a statement.
“The dead have been evacuated to a mortuary while the injured victims
are currently being attended to by health and emergency workers,” the
statement said.
Accoding to Dankamasho, the girl “stepped out of the park. A private
taxi then drove out of the park. As soon as the car came close, she
detonated the explosive. Six people in the car were killed. She was also
killed,” he said.
A journalist working for a major private newspaper in Damaturu, who
arrived at the scene shortly after the blast, also confirmed the death
toll of six.
“Six people were killed as a result of the blast, all from the car.
The bomber was also killed,” said the reporter, who demanded anonymity.
Culled from:
Guardian Newspaper
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