Suicide bomber kills 20 in Maiduguri chicken market

Twenty persons, including a female
suicide bomber, were killed in a
major market in Maiduguri, the
Borno State capital, after an attack
by a suspected Boko Haram sect
member on Saturday
The blast also injured 18, the Police
Public Relations Officer of the
Borno State Police Command,
Gideon Jubrin, said.
According to him, the incident
occurred at about 12.30pm at a
section of the Monday market.
The market has become a target of
the Boko Haram female suicide
bombers as the Saturday bombing
marked the third time that the
market would be attacked in the
last three months.
In a statement, the police
spokesman said, “20 persons were
killed in the attack, including the
female suicide bomber, with 18
others injured at the market.”
The death toll may however be
higher as aid and emergency
agency workers were still busy
evacuating the dead and the
injured from the scene of the
attack.
The spokesman for National
Emergency Management Authority,
AbdulKadir Ibrahim, said workers
from the agency were at the
market to render assistance, but
declined to give the casualty figure.
It was gathered that a female
suicide bomber attacked the
market at about 12.30 pm Saturday.
The attack was at the Yen-Kaji area
of the market where chickens are
sold.