54 dead,143 wounded as 5 suicide bomb
blasts rocked Maiduguri city
today..Witnesses told AP,the first explosion
came from a suicide bomber in a tricycle
taxi who blew himself up outside a fish
market and killed at least 10 people.
"I saw many dead bodies lying on the
ground, many dead, and several others
badly injured," said fish seller Idi
Idrisa.
A woman with explosives strapped to
her body blew herself up at roughly
11:20 am (1020 GMT) when she got
out of a motorised rickshaw at
Maiduguri’s Baga fish market, said the
head of the fisherman’s union,
Abubakar Gamandi, who was at the
scene.
“The bomb was devastating because it
occurred at a crowded area,” said
Jamuna Jarmi, a grocery seller.
About an hour later another blast rocked
the popular Monday Market, causing chaos
as locals voiced anger at security forces
who struggled to control the scene.
Just after 1:00 pm a third blast hit a used
car lot which is attached to the busy Borno
Express bus terminal.
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