12 Year-Old Suicide Bomber Kills Many In Yobe Market
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A female suicide bomber killed many people and herself in a crowded market in Wagir, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State on Tuesday, according to a report by Daily Trust.
Malam Usaini Jibril, a driver who conveyed the injured to Sani Abatcha Hospital, Damaturu, told Daily Trust that he counted 10 dead people on the
spot and over 30 injured.
Jibril said: “The girl that detonated the bomb was a very small girl of about 12 years.
We counted 10 dead and over 30 injured.”
He said the bomber struck at about 11am at the Kasuwar Buhunna market when it was at its peak.
TheStreetReporters.com recalls that in the last three weeks over 300 persons have been killed by suspected members of Boko Haram sect in over 20 attacks.
President Muhammadu Buhari had relocated Nigeria’s military high command to the northeastern part of the country where the activities of the fundamentalists prevails.
Not much have been done by the government in fighting the sect, whose attacks have increased in the last three weeks of the Buhari administration.
