Six Killed by Female Suicide Bomber in Northeast Nigeria: Witnesses, Official

The second explosion was detonated by a male suicide bomber who was attempting to take a commercial vehicle when the explosion went off, killing just the suicide bomber.

“The number of deaths from the Damaturu suicide attack now stands at five”, he said.

“This killed four persons instantly and injured 22 others, six of whom were critically injured”. “She was also killed”, he said.

No group or individual has claimed responsibility but Boko Haram Islamists have in the past months used young women to carry out bloody suicide attacks in the restive northeast of the country.

Meanwhile, the Public Relations Officer of the Yobe State Police Command, Mr. Toyin Gbadegesin, a DSP, told journalists that six persons were killed in the bomb attacks.

Abdullahi Bego, a Yobe State government spokesman, however, said via Facebook that only five people had been confirmed dead.

Boko Haram has stepped up attacks in three states in its northeastern heartland since President Muhammadu Buhari came to power on May 29, vowing to crush the group.

“I want to reiterate my support for the Chibok girls, and so many other innocent abducted girls and boys, whose names and fate remain unknown”, Ban said before leaving for France late on Monday.