Wednesday, October 07, 2015

Bomb Blast Rocks Yobe, Over 14 Feared Dead


Reports from north-eastern Nigeria say at least 14 people have been killed in a double suicide bombing in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe state.  BBC reports that residents say one of the bombers detonated his explosives amidst some youth and killed four, while the other bomber went to a neighbourhood where he gathered members of a family ostensibly to preach to them. The bomb he detonated killed 10.

Meanwhile, the military says it has killed about 100 fighters from the militant Islamist group Boko Haram after foiling an attack on its troops in another part of Yobe.

Seven soldiers died in the clashes, the military added.

PREMIUM TIMES report that a bomb has exploded at a housing estate in Damaturu, Yobe State, with yet an unconfirmed number of people killed.

State television, the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, reported “multiple bomb explosion in Damaturu at an Estate within the Yobe State Capital”.

Unconfirmed reports say at least 10 people were killed in the attack.

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