Bomb Blast at Damaturu Eid Prayer Ground (Read more )

A bomb (according to some sources – two bombs) detonated at the Eid prayer ground in Damaturu, Yobe state, in the early hours of Friday, July 17.

The explosion site is located in the area called phase-one along Maiduguri Road, Premium Times reports.

Sources said that people were killed in the explosion.

One Abdul Malik narrated:

“It happened at about 8am. Now we are being asked to return back home. Those that had gotten close to the Eid ground said many people were affected.”

The incident was believed to have been caused by a female suicide bomber. A source told The Nation that he had counted five dead bodies.