Car suicide bomber kills 8 in northeast Nigeria
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police in northeastern Nigeria say a suicide bomber has killed six soldiers and two civilians in a city wracked by violence.
Yobe state police chief Patrick Egbuniwe said a suspected member of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram on Sunday set off explosives in a car after being surrounded by military patrol vehicles in the city of Damaturu.
Egbuniwe said six soldiers were killed, and nine others were hospitalized.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Attacks blamed on the Islamist sect have been on the rise in the city since Boko Haram carried out a series of deadly attacks in Damaturu in June.
Boko Haram is held responsible for more than 650 deaths this year alone according to an Associated Press count.