Bomb Explosion Kills 50 At Screening Area for Eid Prayer in Damaturu

Barely 24 hours after the Gombe market bombings, two suicide bombers struck early morning of Friday at the screening area for the Eid prayer in Damaturu, Yobe State, killing over 50 people with many others injured.


The latest dastardly act is bringing to 100, the number of those killed since the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, took over two days ago and over 700 since President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office on May 29, 2015.


 The Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR), Col. Sani Usman who confirmed this in a statement, said that the two suicide bomb explosions took place at about 7.40 am in Damaturu, Yobe State.


According to Usman, "two female suicide bombers, an elderly woman and a 10-year old girl detonated devices at screening areas mounted by the security for intending Muslim worshippers at Layin Gwange, Damaturu and at 'Phase One',  in front of former State Secretariat Complex, Damaturu".