At the very least 19 individuals have been killed after an Improvised Explosive Machine(IED) suspected to be planted by Boko Haram insurgents went off at a neighborhood joint in Kawuri village, Konduga Native authorities space of Borno State, on Wednesday.
The incident occurred three days after insurgents attacked a police station at Jakana city in the identical Konduga LGA.
A policeman and one lady have been killed in that assault whereas two patrol vans set ablaze.
A authorities official from the village mentioned the bomb went off round 8:05pm at a neighborhood tea joint the place the villagers gathered for an evening chat, including that dozens of individuals additionally obtained injured.
“No one can say precisely the way it occurred, however we suspected that the bomb was planted, not a suicide assault.
“We noticed corpses of 19 individuals with unspecified variety of civilians injured. The injured have been evacuated to an undisclosed hospital in Maiduguri for remedy,” the souce mentioned on situation of anonymity.
Kawuri neighborhood is situated round 50 kilometers from Maiduguri, the state capital.
The incident occcured 24 hours after an Accountant working with Native Training Authority in Damboa Native Authorities Space, Shettima Mustapha, was killed when his car bumped into an IED alongside Maiduguri -Damboa-Biu freeway in Borno.
Efforts to contact the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Daso, was not profitable, as his cellphone couldn’t be reached as on the time of submitting this report.
The incident comes on the eve of the deliberate nationwide protest, which the federal government has repeatedly mentioned may very well be hijacked by hoodlums and terrorists.
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