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Suicide bombing kills 7 in Yobe state.
The latest attack from the disturbing Boko Haram sect. came in Yobe state earlier today when a female suicide bomber detonated a bomb at a crowded bus station in Damaturu. Police reports say that at least 30 people were injured from the attacks. This attack comes after a Boko Haram attempt on Gombe state was […]
By
Tomi Idowu
11 years ago
The latest attack from the disturbing Boko Haram sect. came in Yobe state earlier today when a female suicide bomber detonated a bomb at a crowded bus station in Damaturu.
Police reports say that at least 30 people were injured from the attacks.
This attack comes after a Boko Haram attempt on Gombe state was repelled by the army yesterday.
Marcos Danladi, police commissioner of Yobe State, said Sunday’s attack took place at the Damaturu Central Motor Park.
According to reports, the female suicide bomber arrived in a vehicle and walked into a crowd outside a grocery store at the end of the terminal where she detonated her explosives.
A witness Adamu Muhammad said the bus station “descended into panic”.
A shop owner claims that an angry mob stopped emergency workers from retrieving the remains of the bomber and instead set them on fire.
