15 Killed, Several Injured In Fresh Suicide Bombing In Potiskum

Posted by African Examiner Featured, Latest Headlines, News From The State Tuesday, February 24th, 2015

From Mustapha Abdul Salaam – The raging suicide bombing in Yobe, North Eastern Nigeria, continued Tuesday, as no fewer than 15 people including the bomber, perished at a Potiskum’s Motor park fresh attack.

AFRICAN EXAMINER Correspondent in Damaturu, the State capital, gathered that the explosion occurred around 11.00 am, after a male suicide bomber boarded a passenger bus and waited for more passengers to come on board, after which he detonated the explosives.

The casualties, it was gathered were enormous as about 53 people at the park sited along Kano Road, sustained severe injuries due to the eruption. The victims are presently lying critically in the hospital, receiving treatment.

It would be recalled five persons were killed, while about 50 other victims critically injured last Sunday, when a teenage female suicide bomber, stormed a popular GSM market in the same town.