Seven killed in Nigeria's bus station attack: police

Nigeria's police in the northeast city of Damaturu where Boko Haram militants staged attacks frequently confirmed on Sunday the death of seven people with several others injured in a suicide bomb attack at the state central motor park.

State police spokesperson Toyin Gbadisoye, who disclosed this to Xinhua, said seven people including the female suicide bomber died in the explosion.

According to him, the female suicide bomber pretending to be a traveler boarded a bus at the station and detonated the bomb.

The spokesperson added that the injured persons were taken to Damaturu Specialist Hospital for treatment.

He appealed to residents to report suspicious persons and objects in their areas to law enforcement agents for proactive action.

The Boko Haram militants are notorious for abductions, ruthless massacres, burning of churches and other public institutions in northern part of the country.

The insurgents recently launched cross-border attacks from Nigeria into Cameroon and Chad as part of its drive for an Islamic state in the north-east of Nigeria.

The Boko Haram attacks in northern Nigeria have intensified over the last few weeks as the country prepares for the Feb. 14 elections.

The Boko Haram's five-year insurgency has killed about 10,000 people in the last year and displaced at least 1 million.

In the past few weeks, Boko Haram camps in the northern parts of the states close to the borders with neighboring countries have been under intense pressures from Nigerian troops in cooperation with troops from the Multinational Joint Task Force. Endi