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Female suicide bomber kills 10 in Nigerian bus station
Reuters ^ | 2-15-2015 | Joe Hemba and Ardo Abdallah

Posted on 02/15/2015 6:04:23 AM PST by Citizen Zed

DAMATURU, Nigeria (Reuters) - A female suicide bomber blew herself up at a crowded bus station in the northeast Nigerian city of Damaturu on Sunday, killing 10 people and wounding 30, police said, in a region that is frequently attacked by Islamist militants.

Witness Adamu Muhammad said he heard a loud blast and the people at the Damaturu's central motor park "descended into panic."

No one claimed responsibility for the attack, which bore the hallmarks of Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram, whose use of female suicide bombers has been an emerging trend over the past year.

A police spokesman for Yobe state, of which Damaturu is the capital, put the death toll at 10, with 30 wounded, some seriously.

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To: GeronL

You could be right. Never thought of it that way.


21 posted on 02/15/2015 3:00:30 PM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: GeronL

Please don’t tell me we have to give each of these bombers an “exit interview”...


22 posted on 02/16/2015 1:12:10 PM PST by pfony1 (Let's welcome some Democrat congressmen into the Republican party and OVERRIDE!)
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To: lowbridge

Obvioual, this attack was carried out by Bus Haram!
Gotta keep those western ideas out.


23 posted on 02/16/2015 1:15:35 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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