Suicide Bomber Attacks Maiduguri, Kills Many (UPDATED)

Reports are just reaching us of another suspected Boko Haram suicide bomb attack on Maiduguri, Borno state.

A bomb blast hit a popular market along Baga/Monguno highway killing an unspecified number of people on June 6, Saturday.

According to a security source the incident happened around 4.10pm.

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“The attack happened at a place called cow market and many people are expected to be involved because the market is usually busy,” he said.

According to NAN, the improvised explosive device was detonated by a female suicide bomber, killing her and two more people. Four persons sustained injuries during the attack.

However, hospital and military sources said up to 16 people were dead, at least 24 injured.

“At about 4.30pm on Saturday they brought casualties from the blast scene… 16 bodies were deposited with 24 injured,” Lawal Kawu, a paramedic at the teaching hospital in Maiduguri, told Reuters.

Maiduguri, the biggest city in north-east Nigeria, has been attacked many times over the past six years.

The latest bombing at the Moru-Moru market in the Gamboru area came days after the newly elected President Muhammadu Buhari declared he would relocate the military headquarters from Abuja to Maiduguri.

Borno, Yobe and Adamawa are the Nigerian states worst hit by the deadly Boko Haram sect.

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