UPDATES! Bomb blast in Damaturu this morning claims 50 lives

Friday 17 July 2015

UPDATES! Bomb blast in Damaturu this morning claims 50 lives


An update on the news we brought to you about the bomb blast in Damaturu, Yobe State Capital this morning says about 50 persons was killed. A statement released by the Acting-Director of Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman says an elderly woman and a 10 year old girl were responsible for the attacks.

"This is to confirm that there were two suicide bomb explosions today at about 7:40 a.m. in Damaturu, Yobe, in which two female suicide bombers — one elderly woman and a ten year-old girl –detonated the devices. It occurred at screening areas for intending Muslim worshippers at Layin Gwange, Damaturu and at Phase1, in front of former state secretariat, Damaturu,’’ the statement read.

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