Female suicide bomber kills five in Yobe phone market

A female suicide bomber on Sunday attacked the Global System Communication market in Potiskum, Yobe State, the biggest commercial town in the state, leaving five people dead and 46 others injured.







A mobile phone seller at the market, Adamu Yahaya, told our correspondent on the telephone that a female suicide bomber hit the entrance of the GSM market, located in the heart of Potiskum town, around 1.15pm.











He said the suicide bomber died in the attack, where four other persons also died.







Yahaya said, “We saw the girl and we became suspicious of her movement and when one of us tried to whisk her away, the bomb went off, killing both of them and three others while several others sustained injuries and have been taken to the General Hospital in Potiskum.”







A source in the hospital told our correspondent on the telephone that five corpses from the attack were deposited at the morgue and 46 persons that were injured were brought in to be treated.







The source, who spoke to our correspondent at about 3pm on Sunday, said, “Some of those injured have minor injuries and some may need to be referred to bigger hospitals outside the state as their injuries are serious.”







Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Toyin Gbadegesin, who confirmed the incident on the telephone to journalists, said he was yet to be furnished with the details of the blast.







He however promised to make the number of casualties known to the press immediately it was made available to him.







via nigerianeye