A blast set off by a female suicide bomber tore through a crowded market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu on Sunday, killing at least 15 people, a police spokesman said.
No one has claimed responsibility for the explosion, which witnesses said occurred at around 9.30 a.m. but it is the latest in a series of attacks in the last few weeks that bear the hallmarks of militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
“Fifteen people have been confirmed dead so far and more dead bodies are being brought to the hospital,” said police spokesman Toyin Gbadegasin. Witnesses said around 50 people had been injured.
The explosion in the centre of Yobe state’s capital came six days after a suicide bomber killed three policemen at a checkpoint on the outskirts of the city.
The last attack in the state was on Friday July 17 at the Eid prayer ground where Muslims had gathered to pray to mark the Eid-el-Fitr.
Thirteen people lost their lives in the twin attack which occurred within five minutes. The first one was close to the phase one Eid prayer ground, while the other went off three minutes later along Gwang Sabon Pegi street.
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