☰

Global

Two killed in suicide bomb on edge of Nigeria's Damaturu city


    BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least two people were killed on Monday after a car suicide bomb detonated at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Damaturu, capital of Yobe state in northern Nigeria, witnesses and a hospital source said.

    The checkpoint is along a major highway that connects the city with Borno state capital Maiduguri. The road and villages along it are frequently hit by bombs or raids by suspected members of Islamist jihadi group Boko Haram.

    (Reporting By Ardo Abdallah, Writing by Julia Payne)