Yesterday’s bomb blast at an automated teller machine (ATM)
stand in Azare, the second largest town in Bauchi State has killed about
20 people as of the last count by officials.
Yesterday, a female suicide bomber came out of her house and walked
to a First Bank where customers were in Bauchi State and exploded. She
had concealed the explosive in her hijab.
She joined other customers on a queue to make withdrawals from one of
the bank’s ATMs before the bomb exploded, killing 14 people and also
leaving the bank premises shattered..
Dr. Abdullahi Ibrahim, who is the Chief Medical Director, Federal
Medical Centre, Azare, said that 14 dead, 37 injured persons when he
confirmed 14 people were brought in dead and 37 were brought in wounded.
He also said 16 other victims were still on admission, while others
were referred to Malam Aminu Kano University Teaching Hospital, Kano
because the victims had brain injuries.