A suicide bomber hit a truck stop in northeastern Nigerian city of Yola, killing 32 people and wounding 80 in an attack blamed on on Boko Haram extremists.
The blast on November 17 was the first in nearly three weeks after a string of suicide attacks that culminated in twin explosions in mosques that killed 42 people and wounded more than 100 on Oct. 23.
Othman Abubakar, the police spokesman for Adamawa state, said most of the victims were vendors and passers-by. Sa’ad Bello of the National Emergency Management Agency said the wounded were evacuated to area hospitals.
The blast came just days after President Muhammadu Buhari visited the camp of the Internally Displaced Persons, declaring that Boko Haram were close to defeat.
Nigeria’s military has reported foiling several suicide bombers recently, and killing and capturing insurgents as it destroys Boko Haram camps in air raids and ground attacks.
