A female suicide bomber yesterday attacked the Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) market in Potiskum, Yobe State, killing five people and injuring 46 others .
Adamu Yahaya, a mobile phone dealer at the market, told reporters that a female suicide bomber hit the entrance to the GSM market, located in the center of Potiskum town, around 1.15 pm.
He said the attack resulted in her immediate death and four other residents with many left severedly injured.
He further said, “When we saw the girl, we became suspicious of her movement and when one of us tried to drag her away, the bomb exploded killing both of them instantly and three others while several others sustained injuries. Those injured have been moved to the General Hospital, Potiskum.”
A medical worker also told reporters that five corpses from the attack were deposited at the morgue of the hospital and 46 persons that were injured were brought in for treatment.
The medical worker did not, however rule out a rise in the death figure, saying that some of the injured persons were hanging to life.
“I pray that they will be able to survive as their situation is very serious,” he said.
ASP Toyin Gbadegesin, the Police Public Relations Officer - who confirmed the incident on the telephone to journalists, stated that he had yet to be given full details of the blast.
He, however, promised to reel out the number of casualties known to the press immediately it was made available to him.
Gbadegesin stated, “Yes, I can confirm to you that there was a blast at the Kasuwan Jagwal market (GSM market) in Potiskum where it occured last month but how it happened and the casualty figure are not known to me yet.”
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