explosions in the morning March 7, 2015,
Saturday.
At least 51 people lost their lives, over 100
sustained various injuries in the worst
attack on the capital of Borno state,
Maiduguri, since the beginning of the
year.
One of the explosive devices was
detonated by a suicide bomber riding in a
Keke Napep.The explosion, which occurred
at a crowded commercial area in
Maiduguri, went off at around 11am.
Witnesses said many people were affected.
Residents told to various news agencies
that a suicide bomber tried to enter Baga
fish market.. The area is the biggest fish
outlet in Northeast Nigeria where buyers
and traders from across Nigeria and
communities along the shores of the Lake
Chad converge. In the second explosion,
the blast hit an area known as the
Monday market, located in the heart of
the state capital.
Tahir Mamman, who sells eggs at precinct
of the marketplace, said the blast went
off near Kofa biyu.
The third blast was a car bomb that
exploded by a bus station near a
Department of State Security (DSS) office.
The Express Bus Terminus is located along
Damaturu road in Maiduguri.
Aliyu Musa, a resident in the area near
the DSS office was quoted as saying:
“Men from the anti-bomb squad came a
few minutes after the blast to comb the
scene, then they started evacuating victims.
I saw five mangled bodies being put in
vehicles.”
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