No fewer than 47 persons were killed in a bomb explosion at a village market in Borno State on
Tuesday.
It was gathered
that the incident also left 25 persons critically injured.
A member of the
local youth vigilance group, Abubakar Ibrahim, told our correspondent on the
telephone, “Many people were killed in Sabon Gari market along the
Maiduguri-Damboa-Biu highway this (Tuesday) afternoon when a bomb explosion
rocked the market.
“Our men heard a
loud explosion at about 1.35pm. When they got there, people were mangled beyond
recognition.”
He added that the
incident was not a suicide bombing, explaining that the bomb was placed at the
centre of the market.
Another member of
the youth vigilance group in Sabon Gari, Ishaq Abdullahi, told our
correspondent on the telephone that they picked 20 corpses from the market.
Abdullahi said 25
other persons were injured in the attack, which occurred at about 1.35pm on
Tuesday.
He said they were
called to evacuate the corpses and assist the injured to the hospital.
“I counted 20
dead bodies and our men assisted 25 injured persons to health facilities,” he
added.
Sabon Gari is a
village on the Maiduguri-Damboa-Biu highway, a distance of about 140 kilometers
from Maiduguri, the state capital.
source said as at about 4:30pm 47 persons were counted
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