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Male Suicide Bomber Kills 8 In Maiduguri Market

A male suicide bomber carried out an early morning in Maiduguri market, killing at least 8 people and injuring several others.[slideshow]41218[/slideshow]

Eyewitnesses on the scene of the bombing said a tricycle rider in his 20s detonated a bomb at a bus station in Gamboru market around 7 am Nigerian time.

‘’We were on the other side of road waiting ‎for passengers, and suddenly we heard a loud explosion, I fell and for a few minutes I didn't know where I was, I couldn't believe it,'' Mustapha Mohammed a bus driver told SaharaReporters at scene of the blast. 

''I saw 8 dead bodies scattered including that of the bomber and some were lying down wounded.''

Bukar Lawani, an orange vendor, said:  ''you could see what this blast had caused us this morning, the suicide bomber has wasted innocent lives.''

A security source confirmed that 8 people died in the early morning blast.


The city of Maiduguri remains calm as residents went about their normal daily activities with heavy security seen near the scene of the attack.

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Terrorism