Many
persons are feared killed in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, Monday, after
two explosions went off at the Maiduguri main market, where two suicide bombers
last week detonated deadly explosives, killing themselves and several other
people.
The
explosions sounded almost one after the other at about 11:20 am.
PREMIUM TIMES reports a
witness, Abba Ibrahim, who works as a security guard at a government hospital
near the market, told journalists that the thunderous blasts caused several
traders to scamper to safety.
“As
it is now, people are running for dear lives, so one cannot confirm to you the
extent of damage, but the two blasts we just heard were too loud that it could
cause more damage than the ones of last week,” he said.
A
trader, Dauda Bala, who spoke with journalists on phone said, “The security and
other aid workers are trying to evacuate the dead and injured persons from the
scene of the explosion…I can’t say how many were killed or injured but I have
seen very many victims dripping with blood, others with parts of their bodies
dismembered by the blasts”.
Another
witness at the market, who gave his name as Mallam Bashir, said the explosions
were caused by two suspected female suicide bombers.
“The
explosions occurred at the area where fowls are being sold inside the market,
very close to the First Bank branch. Those close enough to the place said it
was two girls who came into the market with the bombs,” said Mr. Bashir, a used
cloth vendor.
The
spokesperson of the Borno State Command of the Nigeria Police, Gideon Jubrin,
confirmed the incident but said details were still sketchy.
“Of course we heard the
explosions somewhere in town but it will be too early now to say what actually
happened and what damage was caused by the explosion until much later,” he said.
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