February 2015 Nigeria bombings explained

In February 2015, suicide bombings occurred in the northern Nigerian cities Damaturu, Potiskum and Kano.[1] [2] [3]

On 15 February 2015, a teenage female suicide bomber detonated herself at 1pm at a crowded bus station in Damaturu, Yobe State, killing at least 16 people and wounding 30 others.[2] It was Damaturu's first suicide bombing.[2]

On 22 February 2015, a child female suicide bomber killed five people in addition to herself and wounded dozens at a security checkpoint outside a market in Potiskum, Yobe State.[1] [3]

On 24 February 2015, a suicide bomber detonated himself while trying to board a bus at Dan-Borno bus station in Potiskum, killing 17 people, injuring over 30 and destroying the bus.[1] Hours later on the same day, in Kano, two male suicide bombers detonated themselves at Kano Line bus station, killing 10 people.[1]

References

  1. https://bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-31604853 Nigeria suicide bombers target Potiskum and Kano buses
  2. Web site: Teenage suicide bomber kills at least 16 at Nigerian bus station . 2015-02-15 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230328050736/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/15/teenage-suicide-bomber-kills-16-nigerian-bus-station-damaturu-boko-haram . 2023-03-28 . live .
  3. https://theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/22/girl-as-young-as-seven-kills-herself-and-five-others-in-nigeria-suicide-bombing 'Seven-year-old girl' kills herself and five others in Nigeria suicide bombing