Female suicide bomber explode at motor park, 6 dead, 27 injured

dimeji akinloye

May 16, 2015 5:02 PM

The suicide bomber reportedly detonated the bomb at a central motor part in Damaturu.

Reports from Yobe State has it that about six people have died and 27 others injured after a bomb went off.

A female suicide bomber on Saturday, May 16, reportedly detonated the bomb at a central motor part in Damaturu causing the killings and throwing the entire town into pandemonium.

Details are still sketchy as at press time, but eyewitness say casualties could be higher.

Pulse with the aim of causing multiple explosions in the state.

Update:

The Medical Director, Sani Abacha General Hospital in Damaturu, Dr Garba Fika, has put the official figure of the death recorded in the blast at seven and the number of injured people at 27.

He gave the figure while briefing Governor Ibrahim Gaidam about the condition of the victims.

” We received a total of 33 victims of bomb blast that occurred an hour ago; all of them sustained various degree of injuries, out of which seven are dead, while seven are under a very critical condition.

” We might refer those under critical condition to the Federal Medical Centre, Nguru and Federal Medical Centre Azare in Bauchi State respectively.

” Already, the Yobe State government had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with these health institutions, in case of emergency of this nature, ” Fika said.

He however called on the residents of Damaturu to donate blood in order to save the lives of the victims, stressing that they are in dire need of blood.

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