Sunday, May 17, 2015
Six Killed, 27 Injured By Yobe Female Suicide Bomber...
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A female suicide bomber on Saturday detonated a bomb at a central motor park in Damaturu killing six and injuring 27 persons.
The park shares fences with a popular market which is patronised by almost everyone in the state.
A witness, Yusuf Ibrahim, told one of our correspondents on the phone that the female suicide bomber came to the gate of the motor park around 11:45am on Saturday and detonated the bomb close to the security checkpoints which led to her death and that of six others.
The incident made many to besiege the Damaturu Specialist Hospital where the dead and injured were taken to find out the whereabouts of their loved ones who might have been affected by the bomb blast.
The Medical Director of the Hospital, Dr. Garba Musa Fika, who spoke to journalists at the hospital said 34 people were brought to the hospital from the scene of the blast, adding that seven of them had been confirmed dead while 27 were being treated.
He also said among the 27 being treated, seven were critically injured and might be referred to either the Federal Medical Centre Nguru in the state or Azare in neighbouring Bauchi State.
The medical director while briefing the governor who visited the hospital also said the victims would be treated with the free drugs procured by the state government.
Governor Ibrahim Gaidam who visited the hospital to sympathise with the victims of the blast condemned the act and stressed that his administration would pay the medical bills of all the victims.
The governor directed the hospital authority to speed up the treatment of the victims and work out modalities for the referral cases.
He condoled with the families of those killed in the blast and called on residents to be more vigilant and to always assist security agents in the fight against terrorism.
The governor, who pledged the support of his administration to the war against terrorism, added that terrorism would soon become history.
The blast paralysed various activities where the bomb was detonated as both buyers and sellers abandoned all their wares and belongings.
A female suicide bomber on Saturday detonated a bomb at a central motor park in Damaturu killing six and injuring 27 persons.
The park shares fences with a popular market which is patronised by almost everyone in the state.
A witness, Yusuf Ibrahim, told one of our correspondents on the phone that the female suicide bomber came to the gate of the motor park around 11:45am on Saturday and detonated the bomb close to the security checkpoints which led to her death and that of six others.
The incident made many to besiege the Damaturu Specialist Hospital where the dead and injured were taken to find out the whereabouts of their loved ones who might have been affected by the bomb blast.
The Medical Director of the Hospital, Dr. Garba Musa Fika, who spoke to journalists at the hospital said 34 people were brought to the hospital from the scene of the blast, adding that seven of them had been confirmed dead while 27 were being treated.
He also said among the 27 being treated, seven were critically injured and might be referred to either the Federal Medical Centre Nguru in the state or Azare in neighbouring Bauchi State.
The medical director while briefing the governor who visited the hospital also said the victims would be treated with the free drugs procured by the state government.
Governor Ibrahim Gaidam who visited the hospital to sympathise with the victims of the blast condemned the act and stressed that his administration would pay the medical bills of all the victims.
The governor directed the hospital authority to speed up the treatment of the victims and work out modalities for the referral cases.
He condoled with the families of those killed in the blast and called on residents to be more vigilant and to always assist security agents in the fight against terrorism.
The governor, who pledged the support of his administration to the war against terrorism, added that terrorism would soon become history.
The blast paralysed various activities where the bomb was detonated as both buyers and sellers abandoned all their wares and belongings.
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