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A female suicide
bomber blew herself up at a crowded bus station in the north-east Nigerian city
of Damaturu on Sunday, killing 10 people and wounding 30, police said, in a
region that is frequently attacked by Islamist militants.
Witness Adamu Muhammad said he heard
a loud blast and the people at the Damaturu's central motor park
"descended into panic."
No one claimed
responsibility for the attack, which bore the hallmarks of Islamist insurgent
group Boko Haram, whose use of female suicide bombers has been an emerging
trend over the past year.
A police spokesman
for Yobe state put the death toll at 10, with 30 wounded, some seriously.
On Saturday,
heavily armed Boko Haram militants attacked and attempted to overrun the
northeastern Nigerian city of Gombe but were repelled.
Before the Gombe
attack the militants warned people not to participate in the elections or risk
being killed, according to a leaflet obtained by Reuters from a local resident.
Boko Haram leader
Abubakar Shekau has said repeatedly that democracy is un-Islamic.
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