Just in: At least five people died In Damaturu Police Check Point bomb blast

At least five persons have been killed in a suicide bombing attack on a police
checkpoint in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State in Nigeria’s volatile north-east region.
The suicide bombers in a Highlander jeep detonated Improvised Explosive Devices at
the check point on Monday.

The witness said that the bombers were trapped at a check point and the police were
to take them to the police headquarters for further interrogation when the suspected
terrorists detonated the explosives.
The spokesman for the police in Yobe State, Mr Toyin Gbadegesin, confirm the incident.
He said details were still being expected.
The witness confirmed that he had seen five corpses at the scene of the blast.
Some others that were injured in the attack have been taken to the Damaturu Specialists
Hospital.