Tuesday, November 25, 2014
BREAKING: Another Explosion Hits Maiduguri Market
A powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Tuesday morning went off near the busy Monday Market in Maiduguri.
The explosion, whose sound was heard across the metropolis, occurred at about 11:11am.
It went off at a place that has huge concentration of people buying and selling.
Witnesses said the bomb was concealed in a pickup tricycle, popularly known as Jega.
"The blast happened at One-Way road that leads to Bulabulin, adjacent the Monday Market," trader Sabiu Aliyu said.
Our correspondent who rushed to the scene saw police and fire fighters cordoning the scene of the blast.
About four people were seen with grievous injuries as one of them had one of his legs chopped off while the other three were seriously bleeding.
This is the first time in several months that a bomb exploded in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state.
DailyTrust
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