A suicide bomb attack has occurred at a police checkpoint in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State, killing at least five persons with those injured already taken to the Damaturu Specialist Hospital.
Sources said that the suicide bombers, who came in a Highlander SUV detonated Improvised Explosive Devices at the checkpoint on Monday afternoon.
Sources say the bombers were trapped at the checkpoint with police personnel about to take them to their headquarters for further interrogation when the suspected terrorists detonated the explosives.
The Police Public relations Officer, PPRO, in Yobe State, Toyin Gbadegesin, has already confirmed the incident.
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