A suicide bomb attack has killed more than a dozen people at a crowded bus
station in Potiskum, north-eastern Nigeria. A witness told BBC that a
bomber tried to board a bus as transport officials were loading it.Hospital
sources say 13 corpses have been taken to the town's mortuary and more than 30
people have been injured.
It is the second attack on Potiskum in recent days. Both
have been blamed on the militant group Boko Haram.The Kano-bound bus was
completely destroyed and other vehicles at the Dan-Borno bus station were also
affected in Tuesday's explosion.
Although no group has claimed responsibility for the
latest attack, Boko Haram has stepped up suicide bombings against civilians in
recent months.
On Sunday, a young girl with explosives strapped to her
killed five people and wounded dozens at a security checkpoint outside a market
in Potiskum.
Boko Haram now controls vast swathes of north-east
Nigeria and has displaced over 1.5 million people.
The mounting threat of the Islamist insurgency has already
led to postponement of February's presidential elections, with the vote now due
to take place on 28 March.
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