Breaking News: Suicide Bomber causes havoc in Yobe

News Express |3rd Nov 2014 | 3,521

A suicide bomber believed to be a member of the Boko Haram terrorist group has killed himself and several innocent persons in Potiskum, a commercial town in Yobe State in Nigeria’s troubled North-East. Reports from the area said the male suicide bomber sneaked into a religious procession and detonated the bomb, killing a number of people and injuring many more. One eyewitness said he counted at least seven bodies after the blast.

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