Scene of a suicide bomb attack
The major market in Maiduguri, the capital of troubled Borno state,
came under a suicide bomb attack on Saturday afternoon which led to the
death of 20 persons with 18 others left with varied degrees of injuries,
the police has confirmed.
According to the public relations officer of the Nigerian Police, Borno
State Command, Gideon Jubrin, the incident which occurred at about
12:30pm left the female suicide bomber and 19 others dead.
It also led to the injury of 18 persons at the market, which has become
an epicentre of such attacks, as this is the third time in the last
three months it was coming under the attack of female suicide bombers
unleashed by suspected terrorist sect, Boko Haram.
In a text message by the spokesman of the police,he said: "Twenty
persons were killed in the attack, including the female suicide bomber,
with 18 others injured at the market."
The death toll may however rise as at the time of filing this report on
Saturday afternoon, the site of the explosion was invaded by aid
workers who were trying to gather dead bodies.
The spokesman of National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA),
AbdulKadir Ibrahim, said workers from the agency were at the market to
give aid and that he would be able to give details after they return.
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