Police Confirmed 15 Dead, 47 Injured in Yobe Suicide Attack
Fatimah Abdullahi
Nigeria Police has confirmed Fifteen people were killed and 47 others injured in a suicide bomb attack on a crowded market in Damaturu on Sunday.
Yobe State Police Public Relations Officer, Toyin Gbadegeshin who made the confirmation to newsmen in Damaturu, said that the bomber, a 10-year-old girl, detonated the explosive device at the gate of the market, killing herself and 14 others.
“a female suicide bomber, aged about 10 years, detonated the explosive device at a crowded main entrance of the popular Sunday Market, killing 15 people, including 10 females and five males, while injuring 47 others”, he said, adding that five other units of undetonated explosives were recovered at the scene of the explosion.
Supol Gbadegeshin said the suicide bombers used mortars similar to those recovered from suspected bombers on the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway on Monday and urged the public to be cautious and remain observant of suspected persons, bags and movements around their environments.