Maiduguri (Nigeria) - Three suicide
bombers thought to be Boko Haram militants yesterday (Tuesday), at about 1910 GMT,
detonated explosive devices in Maiduguri, the Borno State Capital killing about
seven people, including the three terrorists while eleven people sustained
varying degrees of injury, according to a military spokesman, Colonel Sani
Kukasheka Usman.
The "huge explosions"
happened in the Ajilari Cross area of the city, which has been targeted by
similar attacks twice in the last month, including on September 20 when at least
117 were killed.
The explosions happened three minutes apart in the
Ajilari section of the Maiduguri metropolis.
One Sheriff Ahmad described
seeing body parts on his house, while Hafsat Sani, a nurse at the nearby Umaru
Shehu Hospital, said: "There are many houses around the area and the
blasts have affected many of them."
The hospital quickly began
receiving the injured while police, soldiers, the Red Cross and officials from
Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) were mobilised, he said.
On October 1, at least 10
people were killed and 39 injured when four suicide bombers blew themselves up
in a wave of attacks in Ajilari Cross, which is near Maidugiri airport and a
military base.
Culled from: Yahoo News, Sahara Reporters
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