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.
