Three female suicide bombers on Friday, attacked the Umarari Bayan Waya
area of Mulai Village in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital with
Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), leaving at least seven people feared
killed and 17 others injured.
The blast was reported to have occurred around a few minutes past 5am when
Muslim faithful were getting ready for the early morning prayer, reports
Channels TV.
The explosion claimed the lives of the suicide bombers and four others
while 17 injured are currently receiving treatment at the Specialist
Hospital.
This is coming barely 24 hours after many worshippers were feared dead in
a bomb explosion in a mosque around Mulai area of Maiduguri.
The bomb went off when worshippers were observing their Magrib prayers.
Dozens of worshippers were killed when two suicide bombers blew themselves
up in the mosque, witnesses said.
“All the people in the mosque died. Not a single one escaped,” said
Muhtari Ahmadu, a trader near the scene.
“We counted 42 dead bodies outside the mosque,” added Amadu Marte, a
vigilante supporting the security forces in the fight against the Islamist
Boko Haram group, which has carried out repeated attacks in the region.
Few days ago, a twin bomb blast Killed 26 Muslim Worshipers inside a
Mosque in Molai, Jere local goverment area of Borno state capital, Local
vigilante official said.
25 other were left critical injured after suicide bombers blew themselves
up at Gudsuri ý Mosque.
” we have 26 people dead while ý25 people who sustained injury have been
taken to the hospital for treatment ” an aide worker who paticipated in
evacution of dead bodies said.
The boko haram insurgents ýhave continued to attack soft targets recently
daming the December deadline given by President Muhammadu Buhari to end
insurgency.