A 10-year-old female suicide bomber has killed 19 persons in a
market in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, on Sunday. The state governor,
Alhaji Ibrahim Geidam, decried the attack in a statement on Sunday.A statement
by the Yobe State’s Director of Press, Abdullahi Bego, quoted the governor as
condemning the attack.
The statement said, “The governor has been briefed about the
horrific bomb attack in a market in Damaturu today, in which 19 people were
killed and many others injured. “This is another sad day in our state in which
innocent people were the targets of blood-thirsty terrorists.
“Governor Geidam’s thoughts and prayers are with the families of
the victims and those who sustained injuries. The governor has condemned the
attack as callous, barbaric and unjustifiable.
“The
governor has called on security agencies in the state to step up their
surveillance even as he enjoined the people to remain vigilant about happenings
in their areas, and report any suspicious persons or movements to the police.”But
the police gave the casualty figure at 15 deaths and 47 injured. The Police
Public Relations Officer in the state, Toyin Gbadegesin, who told journalists
that the attack was carried out by a female suicide bomber, said 15 persons
were killed in the attack.
He said the minor detonated an Improvised Explosive Device at
the main entrance of the market at about 9.30am on Sunday.
Gbadegesin
said that 15 persons were killed while 47 others have been receiving treatment
at the Sani Abacha Specialist Hospital in Damaturu.
The
PPRO also revealed that five units of undetonated IEDs were recovered from the
scene of the blast.
The
latest blast came six days after suicide bombers in a sport utility vehicle
detonated bombs at a police checkpoint at the entrance of Damaturu.
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