According to eye witness, a bomb went off at a market in Maiduguri around 6:30am, Today, 31 July 2015. The bomb went off in the tricycle parking area of the market. National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is currently at the scene, many are feared dead and some critically injured.
Maryam Abu, a civil servant whose residence is close to the area, said: “We heard the blast at about 6:30am this morning and shortly afterwards, we saw people running from the direction of the market screaming that it was a bomb.’
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| Not the actual IED |
I still do not understand how Boko Haram are able to get their hands on sophisticated warfare like Improvised explosive device. The person that posted this picture said the guy below, Joseph, stepped on IED in Maiduguri along with a 7-year-old, Daniel, who now needs facial surgery. He said images of their accident are too gruesome, the image below is the most decent one.
The image after the cut
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A suicide bomber in a bus killed one member of Nigeria's civilian joint task force (JTF) at the main checkpoint on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Maiduguri on Monday, military and JTF sources said.
There was no immediate claim for the attack but it bore the hallmarks of Islamist militant group Boko Haram. Maiduguri, the state capital of Borno, is the birthplace of the jihadi sect.
A JTF member at the scene said that after passengers had left the bus, the driver drove forward to another inspection point at the Njimtilo checkpoint in the southwest of the city where he detonated the bomb. Three civilians were injured.
