Thirteen individuals have now died because of a feminine suicide bomb attack at a bus station in the northeast Nigerian metropolis of Damaturu, police stated on Monday.
“The demise toll from the suicide attack on the Damaturu motor park now stands at 13, with the dying of six extra victims on the hospital,” Yobe state police spokesman Toyin Gbadegesin advised AFP.
The attack occurred in the state capital shortly after noon (1100 GMT) on Sunday and was blamed on Boko Haram, who’ve frequently used ladies and younger women as human bombs throughout northern Nigeria.
A lady with explosives packed on her physique entered the town`s most important bus station and blew herself up among the many crowds. Thirty-two individuals have been injured.
“Later six extra died from among the many injured victims. The remaining 26 are being handled for accidents they sustained in the attack,” stated Gbadegesin.
Sunday`s blast got here after militant fighters stormed the northeastern metropolis of Gombe on Saturday and as a regional pressure battles the rebels, who’ve lately pushed into border areas of Chad and Niger.
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