Boko Haram insurgents coordinated three 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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