There was another bomb attack on a market in Borno State on Sunday where five persons were killed, a member of the youth vigilante group Boko Haram, who does not want his name in print told one of our correspondents on the telephone.
He said, “The insurgents planted a bomb at the entrance to the Beneisheikh market around 10am on Sunday and this led to the death of five persons while 15 others were injured.
“Today, being the market day in Benisheikh, villagers do come to buy and sell grains and other farm produce but they had bad news to tell as a bomb suspected to be planted by a suspected Boko Haram insurgent exploded leading to the death of the five people.”
Ibrahim said the casualty figure could have been higher had the bomb been planted within the market.
A resident of Beneisheikh, Modu Gana, told one of our correspondents that, “We saw the dead bodies being conveyed to the Beneisheikh Hospital and those wounded were assisted by the members of the civilian JTF to the hospital. The market dispersed as people and traders took to their heels for safety after the explosion occurred.”
Meanwhile, the death toll from the multiple bomb attacks on Maiduguri, Borno State has risen from 58 to 62, a hospital source told one of our correspondents on Sunday.
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