A female suicide bomber blew up an
explosive device inside the Federal
College of Education, Kontagora, Niger
State at about 11:45 a.m. Nigerian time
today.
A student at the school, Musa Ibrahim, told
SaharaReporters that the bomb instantly killed
the suicide bomber and left two female students
critically wounded.
A female suicide bomber vest
A security source, who confirmed the violent
event, said he believed the suicide bomber was
heading for the lecture auditorium to detonate
the explosives, but missed the target as the
bomb exploded near a photocopying cabin.
Our sources disclosed that the neck and lower
body of the bomber were mutilated, adding that
the identity of the dead bomber was yet to be
ascertained. But one of our sources described
the female bomber as in her mid-20s, adding
that her ethnic identity was unclear.
Security agents reportedly arrested another
bomber at the institution and handed her over to
the military at the artillery regiment in the town
of Kontagora. The alleged second bomber is said
to be under intensive watch at an undisclosed
hospital in Kontagora.
The suicide bombing at the school in Kontagora
came barely 48 hours after a similar attack in
Potiskum that killed 49 students.
Until now, Niger State had enjoyed relative peace
since the 2012 bombing attacks on churches in
Madallah and Suleja.
It would be recalled that just two days ago, a
suicide bomber pretending to be a student of
Government Science Secondary School, Potiskum
detonated a bomb during the early morning
assembly of the school, killing himself and about
35 students, with over 80 others injured.
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