In the
northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, according to vigilante and a witness a female
suicide bomber blew herself up on Friday at a big market.
“There had
been a suicide attack on Gamboru market this morning. It was a female suicide
bomber. The attack happened around 6:30 am (0530 GMT) as the grocers were
arriving in the market which starts early,” said the vigilante, Babakura Kolo.
There is no
immediate information on the number of victims, although witness accounts
suggest that there have been casualties.
“From
accounts we gathered from people around, the woman arrived on a taxi tricycle,
as every woman grocer does. She blew herself up as soon as the tricycle stopped
in the midst of other tricycles that were dropping traders off,” Kolo told AFP.
A witness,
who declined to be named, corroborated this account.
“I was at
home when I heard a loud explosion that sent me rushing out of my house. It was
coming from the Gamboru market. I went there, but from afar. The place was
littered with victims and burning rickshaws,” the source told AFP.
The Gamboru
market is the second largest in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state.
A “mentally
handicapped” female suicide bomber killed at least 14 people and injured 47
more last Sunday at a crowded market Damaturu, capital of neighbouring Yobe
state.
Damaturu was
also the scene of a triple suicide bombing on July 18 when three girls blew
themselves up killing at least 13 people as residents prepared for the Eid
festival marking the end of Ramadan.
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