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Bomb hits Maiduguri’s Nigeria market
A bomb blast hit a busy market in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, killing at least eight people.
Witnesses said the explosion of a suspected vehicle bomb on a road adjoining the market in the Borno state capital of Maiduguri wrecked cars and taxis which were unloading passengers and wares. They said a suicide bomber carried out the attack.
An attendant at Maiduguri General Hospital said eight bodies had been brought in by civilian volunteers.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the Boko Haram group, which says it is fighting to establish an Islamist state in Africa’s biggest economy, has claimed past bombings and shootings in Maiduguri and across northern Nigeria.
Violence has been relentless in northeast Nigeria in particular, with hundreds killed in the past two months.
There have also been bombings blamed on the militant group in the capital Abuja.
On Sunday, the Chibok community was attacked again in three places. Militants opened fire on churches and homes, killing dozens and burning houses to the ground.
