Nine People Murdered By Suicide Attack In Borno State

Up to nine persons may have been killed by a suicide bomber in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital today, according to accounts by residents and the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA).

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The attack occurred on Dikwa road, on the outskirts of an area known as Muna garage.

Baba Kura, a resident, told SaharaReporters: “We heard loud explosions near our area.  We quickly went to the scene and we found nine people [and] a [motor] vehicle seriously damaged.''

A SEMA official told SaharaReporters under condition of anonymity that six bodies were recovered from the scene of the blast.