Bombing Attacks Kill 10 in Northeast Nigeria
KABUL: (Middle East Press) At least ten people have been killed in two bombing attacks in different area of Potiskum in Nigeria’s northeastern Yobe State.
An attacker, who had been arrested after being suspected of theft, killed eight vigilantes after exploding his explosives at a civilian vigilante office on Monday.
“We suspected he was a thief and then when he couldn’t explain how he came about the things that were found on him, we took him to our office for examination,” said one vigilante group member.
“But we didn’t know he had explosives on him. He detonated the explosives and we lost eight men, including our commander,” said the vigilante, who asked not to be named for his own safety.
The second attacker blew himself up outside a tavern after being chased by an angry mob, who had suspected him of intending a bombing.
There were no immediate claims of responsibility for the explosions, but Potiskum, the state’s commercial capital, has in the past been repeatedly hit by Nigeria-based Takfiri terrorist group Boko Haram.
