26 August, 2015

Teenage Bomber Attacks Damaturu, Yobe State, Kills Six People

A teenage suicide bomber detonated an explosive device strapped to her body in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital on Tuesday, killing six people and wounding about 40, the state police command has said.
 
Islamist militant group, Boko Haram
No one claimed responsibility for the blast but Islamist militant group Boko Haram has been blamed for a series of similar attacks in the region in recent weeks.

Speaking to our correspondent on the telephone, the head of Damaturu Response Office of the National Emergency Management Agency, Bashir Idris Garga, said two bomb incidents happened at the Central Motor park in the centre of the town and at the Pompomari area.

According to him, the bomb incident at the motor park occurred at about 7.30am and was caused by a teenage girl that had an improvised explosive device (IED) strapped on her.

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