A female suicide bomber on Sunday killed 5 people in a renewed bomb attack at the Global System Communication (GSM) market in Potiskum, Yobe State in north-east Nigeria.
Residents said a female suicide bomber hit the entrance of the GSM market located in the heart of Potiskum town around 1:15 this afternoon killing five on the spot.
“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 had been taken to the General Hospital in Potiskum,” a witness said.
The Police Public Relations Officer ASP Toyin Gbadegesin, who confirmed the incident, said details of the blast was still being expecting.
“Yes, I can confirm to you that there was a blast at the Kasuwan Jagwal market (GSM market) in Potiskum”, he said, noting that a similar event had happened there last month.
However, “how it happened and the casualty figure is not known,” the police spokesman said.
According to him, 48 other persons sustained various degrees of injuries and were being treated at the Potiskum General Hospital.
A top hospital source told Channels Television that rescuers had started rushing the victims of the blast to the Potiskum General Hospital for urgent medical attention.
Suicide bombing has become rampant in the commercial city of Yobe State, North East Nigeria.
Motor parks, GSM market, restaurant and several public places have been hit in recent times in the troubled Potiskum town and at the various times, several lives were lost, with lots of property destroyed.