February 2015 Potiskum and Kano bombings
On 22 and 24 February 2015, suicide bombings occurred in the northern Nigerian cities Potiskum and Kano.[1]
On 22 February 2015, a child female suicide bomber killed five people in addition to herself and wounded dozens at a security checkpoint outside a market in Potiskum, Yobe State.[1][2]
On 24 February 2015, a suicide bomber detonated himself while trying to board a bus at Dan-Borno bus station in Potiskum, killing 17 people, injuring over 30 and destroying the bus.[1] Hours later on the same day, in Kano, two male suicide bombers detonated themselves at Kano Line bus station, killing 10 people.[1]
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