by Chinwe Okafor
A suicide blast targeting a bus station in northeast Nigeria on Sunday has been reported to have killed at least four people and injured 48 others.
The attack was reported to have happened in the town of Potiskum, Yobe State, according to police and hospital sources.
“We have received four dead bodies and 48 people with several degrees of injuries from the bus station attacked by a suicide bomber,” a paramedic at the Potiskum General Hospital said.
According to reports, the explosion rocked the Tashar Kunne open-air bus station on the outskirts of the town Sunday morning when the young suicide bomber rammed his car into parked buses waiting to fill up with passengers, witnesses said.
“The bomber looked around 13 and he drove his car into buses waiting for passengers, resulting in an explosion that shook the whole area,” said grocer Hamza Ibrahim, who witnessed the blast.
The suicide attack caused a stampede in the Potiskum main market which is held on Sunday, with traders and shoppers hurriedly evacuating the market, residents said.
The attack comes a week after two female suicide bombers attacked a mobile phone market in the town, killing four and injuring 46.
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