adminABUJA. — A suicide bomber wreaked havoc at a crowded bus station in the northeast Nigerian town of Potiskum yesterday, killing more than a dozen people, a local security source said.
The suicide bomber disguised as a passenger and joined a Toyota bus, almost filled with passengers, traveling to Kano State in the north-western region of Nigeria, said the top security officer who declined to be named.
“The suicide bomber had just alighted from a tricycle and joined the Kano-bound bus before detonating his explosive devices,” the security source said.
Several other people were injured after the suicide bomber detonated his explosive devices at the new motor park located on a road linking the north-western state of Kano, a witness named Saratu Mahmud told Xinhua by telephone. “Suddenly, we heard a very loud sound from the park and a small bus went aflame. Many people around the place died because I saw more than 10 charred bodies evacuated now,” she said.
Another witness said some injured people were burned beyond recognition.
Local security operatives have quickly cordoned off the area.
In the last three months, Boko Haram attacks have been intensified in Potiskum, the largest city in the northern Yobe State. At least 55 people have been killed in separate attacks recorded in the town since November 2014.
Yesterday’s attack occurred 48 hours after at least five people were killed by a female suicide bomber who, on Sunday, attacked a crowded market of the Potiskum town. Another bomb attack hit a bus station in Kano yesterday. — Xinhua.
Online Reporter