9 Dead As Suicide Bomber Attacks Damaturu Motor Park

A female suicide bomber on Sunday attacked a motor park in Damaturu,
Yobe state, North East Nigeria.

The Police Public Relations Officer of the Yobe State Police Command,
ASP Toyin Gbadegesin, who confirmed the incident to Channels
Television, said the incident occurred around 12:20 PM

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.

When our crew visited the scene of the blast, the flame of the Sharon
bus has been put off by the officers and men of the State Fire
Service.

An eye witness Mallam Idrissa, who is a commercial driver, at the park
told Channels Television that "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.

The first was in June last year where nine football fans watching the
Mexico Vs Brazil encounter at the Brazil 2014 World Cup tournament
were brutality killed by a bomber who attempted to enter the cinema
arena.

This attack, which is yet to be claimed by anyone, is coming several
hours after members of the Boko Haram terror group, launched an attack
in Gombe.
--ChannelsTV