TWENTY-EIGHT people were yesterday morning feared killed after two suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers burst into the Shiite Muslim procession in Potiskum town of Yobe State to commemorate the new Islamic calendar year.The other Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were however, not detonated, but 48 people were also injured in the first blast before the other suicide bomber was arrested yesterday by the police.
Speaking on the incident yesterday in Damaturu, the Police Commissioner, Danladi Markus in a telephone interview, said: “There was a Monday morning blast in Potiskum that claimed the lives of over a dozen people with the injuring of others, but I cannot give you the exact number of casualties as I am on my way to the scene of the blast, which is 100 kilometres from the state capital.
Source: http://ngrguardiannews.com/lead-story/185424-28-feared-killed-scores-injured-as-b-haram-attacks-yobe
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