A suspected Boko Haram male suicide
bomber detonated a bomb at
a checkpoint at Kano-Maiduguri road
on the outskirts of Damaturu,
Yobe State this afternoon. Eyewitnesses
say the blast occurred when
police officers at the checkpoint
stopped a suspicious Toyota Highlander
heading for Maiduguri. As the driver of
the bus and other
passengers filed out for searching, the
suicide bomber blew himself up, killing
himself and others. Many others were
seriously injured.
