A fatal bomb blast hit an overcrowded market
in the largest Southern Borno town, Biu, had
killed many, witnesses report.
The eye-witnesses said injured persons and
corpses were being displaced to hospital at
the time of this report.
According to Agence France-Presse the
attacker was a female suicide bomber.
Today is market day in Biu, about 185km away
from Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.
It is the first major attack on the town in a
long time.
According to a member of the Civilian Joint
Task Force helping to evacuate
injured persons said many people were killed
in the attack.
Another witness said that Boko Haram suicide
bomber detonated an IED, killing 8 with
several injured.
The local resident Babagani Ali said: “There
has been a suicide attack by a female suicide
bomber in the market this afternoon.”
Another witness gave similar details but there
was no immediate word on casualties.
Local resident reports that there were two
women, who later were arrested:
The incident caused confusion at the full
market as almost everybody scurried for
safety on hearing a freighting bang, witnesses
reported.
A seller, Nuhu Usman who was at the market
said he barely fled.
” I was very much close to the van that ferried
the explosive but I cannot say the whole thing
was a suicide mission.
“The vehicle came with some goods and
passengers, including a woman but suddenly
exploded.
“There was carnage at the scene because
most of the victims could not be recognised
when we return to offfer help,” he said.
The incident happened when ex-Governor Ali
Modu Sheriff was reportedly on his way to
Biu.
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