A suicide bomb has been detonated in north east Nigeria, killing five people and injuring at least 41 others. The blast took place at a major bus station in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe state today (25 August).
According to reports in the Nigerian media, the Director of Media and Publicity to Yobe State Governor, Abdullahi Bego has confirmed that the dead have been evacuated to a mortuary. Emergency services are tending to the injured.
"A young girl came around at 7:00 am (6:00 am 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. "She 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. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, but Boko Haram has previously used young women to carry
out suicide attacks in the country's north
east. Security personnel have cordoned off the area.
Northern Nigeria has been rocked by bombings and shootings since President Muhammadu Buhari's inauguration in May. In July, 19 people were killed and 47 others wounded when explosives carried by a 10-year-old girl detonated in a crowded market in Damaturu.
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