A female suicide bomber on Sunday attacked a motor park in Damaturu, Yobe state, North East Nigeria.
The incident occured arround 12:20PM according to The Yobe State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Toyin Gbadegesin.
He said eight people died in the blast while 32 others are critical injured and are receiving treatment at the General Sani Abacha Specialist hospital in Damaturu.
A visit to the hospital revealed that the health workers on duty were working hard to give the necessary support in rescuing those brought to the Accident and Emergency Unit.
The PPRO also disclosed that the suicide bomber targeted security personnel on patrol at the park but because she was skeptical of being noticed, pretended to be a passenger at the park.
He said she later boarded a Sharon bus and shortly after triggered the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) killing herself and eight others.
“The suicide bomber attempted to enter the security men on patrol but she was noticed and when our men prevented her from coming close to them and as they were strategising to confront her, she pretended to boarding a car and before anyone could know, she triggered the IED killing herself and eight others” the PPRO said.
An eye witness, who is a commercial driver said “he left his car and went beside the park with the intention of giving his handset to commercial service chargers when the incident happened. He said the “sound and the trauma they went through was much that left the scene in serious confusion for long”
Sunday’s blast is the second bomb explosion targeting a densely populated area in Damaturu, the Yobe state capital, since the commencement of the Boko Haram insurgency.
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