A suicide bomber leaves six persons dead in Maiduguri market

Firstclass newsline gathered that six persons were killed and several
others wounded during a suicide bomb attack at a crowded grocery
market in Maiduguri on Friday, a member of the youth vigilance group
told our correspondent on the telephone.
The attack, which temporarily stopped commercial activities in the
market, happened early in the morning.
The member of the youth vigilance group, who spoke on the condition of
anonymity, said the bomb was detonated by a woman who arrived at the
market pretending to buy vegetables.
He said the woman arrived in a tricycle at about 6:30 am on Friday at
Gamboru market where a wholesale trading of fresh vegetables is done.
He sexplained that the woman who seeing that she might perhaps be
caught by the security at the entrance to the market quickly detonated
the bomb strapped on her at the tricycle park at the market. The
source said, "The incident occurred near the entrance of Gamboru
market where commercial tricycle operators park to pick passengers.
"The suicide bomber had come on a tricycle like every other person to
the market. Immediately the woman arrived and saw that she might have
to undergo security screening before being allowed to go into the
market, she detonated the explosives on her and this left her dead
with the driver and three others. Many were also injured by the
explosion."
He said that the trading at the market was temporarily halted as the
bodies of the victims had to be evacuated and the injured taken to
hospital.
The Information Officer, National Emergency Management Agency,
North-East, AbdulKadir Ibrahim, confirmed that there was an explosion
at the market, but told journalists to wait a little longer to get the
casualty figure.
NEMA Coordinator for North-East, Mohammed Kanar, said six persons were
killed in the early morning explosion.
He explained, "I cannot give you the exact time of the blast but our
men were called to offer assistance at about 7am. We found out that
six persons were killed and two of the bodies were mangled
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