Male Suicide Bomber Blows Self, 3 Others In Potiskum Restaurant

A male suicide bomber killed himself and four other people in an explosion at a restaurant in Potiskum, Yobe State.

Eyewitnesses said the man entered the restaurant and sat down before detonating the bomb.

A hospital source at Potiskum General Hospital confirmed to SaharaReporters that 3 deceased people and the suicide bomber were brought to the hospital, and that 12 others are seriously injured.

Yobe Police Public Relations Officer ASP Toyin Gbadegesin also confirmed the incident to newsmen on phone saying that the incident occurred at about 3:20pm Nigerian Time.