14 killed in Nigeria market suicide bombing
Kano: A ‘mentally handicapped’ female suicide bomber killed at least 14 people at a crowded market in the northeastern Nigerian town of Damaturu on Sunday, witnesses and a hospital source said.
“Today is the market day here and at 9.50 (0850 GMT) this morning, a female suicide bomber blew herself up at the... Entrance of the market where commuters were arriving," market trader Garba Abdullahi said.
“We evacuated 15 dead bodies to the hospital, including the suicide bomber who was identified as a mentally unstable woman that had been known for years in the area," he said, adding that the bomber was around 40 years old.
That death toll was confirmed by a nurse from a local hospital.
At least 20 dead in Cameroon ‘child suicide bomber' attack
Yaounde: At least 20 people were killed in a suspected suicide bomb attack carried out by a child on a bar in Maroua in the far north of Cameroon, just days after 13 died in twin bombings in the city, state TV said on Sunday.
State television reported that a 12-year-old girl suicide bomber blew herself up in the bar, killing 20 people and injuring at least 79 in the blast.
An earlier toll put the number of dead at 14. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but the north of the country has been repeatedly targeted by Nigeria-based Boko Haram extremists.
“A girl of around 12 blew herself up between two takeaway sales points. Security forces have sealed off the area and have made several arrests," the state TV channel said.
The atrocity came a day after Boko Haram were also blamed for a wave of a attacks on villages across the border in northeastern Nigeria that left at least 25 dead and forced hundreds more to flee their burning homes.
Bomb blast at Somalia hotel claims 6 lives’
Mogadishu: At least six people were killed on Sunday when a suspected car bomb exploded at a heavily guarded hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu housing diplomatic missions and frequented by Government officials and international workers.
“We have seen around six people killed, most of them hotel security guards,” said Government security officer Mohamed Jama, adding that casualty numbers might rise.
A huge blast shook the area this afternoon sending a thick plume of smoke high into the air. The African Union force, AMISOM, which is fighting the Shebab insurgents, confirmed the explosion at the Jazeera Palace Hotel.