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February 2015 Nigeria bombings information


In February 2015, suicide bombings occurred in the northern Nigerian cities Damaturu, Potiskum and Kano.[1][2][3]

On 15 February 2015, a teenage female suicide bomber detonated herself at 1pm at a crowded bus station in Damaturu, Yobe State, killing at least 16 people and wounding 30 others.[2] It was Damaturu's first suicide bombing.[2]

On 22 February 2015, a child female suicide bomber killed five people in addition to herself and wounded dozens at a security checkpoint outside a market in Potiskum, Yobe State.[1][3]

On 24 February 2015, a suicide bomber detonated himself while trying to board a bus at Dan-Borno bus station in Potiskum, killing 17 people, injuring over 30 and destroying the bus.[1] Hours later on the same day, in Kano, two male suicide bombers detonated themselves at Kano Line bus station, killing 10 people.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d Nigeria suicide bombers target Potiskum and Kano buses
  2. ^ a b c "Teenage suicide bomber kills at least 16 at Nigerian bus station". The Guardian. 2015-02-15. Archived from the original on 2023-03-28.
  3. ^ a b 'Seven-year-old girl' kills herself and five others in Nigeria suicide bombing

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