Female suicide bomber kills 7 in Nigeria
- Female bomber –
Police in Damaturu, capital of Nigeria’s Yobe state, said a woman with explosives packed on her body entered the city’s main bus station shortly after midday (1100 GMT on Sunday).
She got out of a vehicle and walked towards a grocery store at the back of the terminal, then positioned herself in a crowd, according to multiple witness accounts.
She then blew herself up, killing at least seven people and injuring 32 others, some of them seriously, said Yobe's police commissioner Marcos Danladi.
A shop owner in the park, who requested anonymity, said an angry mob prevented rescue workers from evacuating the remains of the bomber.
"They gathered the pieces (body parts) and set them on fire," he told AFP.
While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, suspicion immediately fell on Boko Haram.
The Islamist militants have increasingly been blamed for using woman and girls as human bombs across northern Nigeria, and bus parks have been among the groups preferred targets.
- Suspects arrested –
