Friday, 31 July 2015

Five killed in Suicide Attack on Maiduguri Vegetables Market

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Suicide Attack

Michael Olugbode
Not less than five persons were killed and several others injured in a suicide bomb attack at a crowded earlier morning grocery market in Maiduguri on Friday, a member of the youth vigilance group told our correspondent on phone.

The attack which temporarily halted sales at the market and sent jitters to the entire town happened at 6:30 am when some were still in bed.
The member of the youth vigilance group who spoke anonymously to our correspondent on phone, said the bomb was detonated by a woman who arrived the market pretending as if she was one of those that come early to buy vegetables.
He said the woman arrived in a tricycle at about 6:30 am on Friday at Gamboru market where a wholesale trading of fresh vegetables are made.
He said that the woman who seeing that she might perhaps be caught by the security at the entrance to the market quickly detonated the bomb strapped on her at the tricycles park where "passengers are dropped and picked"

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