Nigeria’s northeast city of Maiduguri woke up to Two suicide bombings on Saturday morning, killing at least nine people and injuring scores of others, emergency services said.
“Two suicide bombers riding in motorised rickshaws this morning detonated their explosives 10 minutes apart, with one of them targeting the Bakassi IDP (internally displaced persons) camp on the outskirts of the city,” Mohammed Kanar, spokesman for Nigeria Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said.
Just in: there are two reported incidents of explosions in Maiduguri, one at the enterance to Bakassi IDPs and the second at NNPC station.— NEMA Nigeria (@nemanigeria) October 29, 2016
The agency rescue team are already at the scenes evacuating victims... details in a moment— NEMA Nigeria (@nemanigeria) October 29, 2016
Update: Nine (9)persons lost their lives with twenty four (24) persons injured and evacuated to various Hospitals ..— NEMA Nigeria (@nemanigeria) October 29, 2016
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