Nigeria suicide attacks toll reaches 45

AFP, KANO: Two female suicide bombers on Friday killed 45 people and wounded 33 others when they detonated their explosives in a crowded market in Nigeria’s restive northeast, the emergency service said
The army had earlier put the death toll at 30.“From our updated records we have 45 dead and 33 injured in the twin suicide bomb explosions in Madagali,” said Sa’ad Bello of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Adamawa state.While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, the blasts bore all the hallmarks of Boko Haram, which regularly uses women and young girls to carry out suicide attacks in its seven-year insurgent campaign in the troubled region.Military spokesman Badare Akintoye had earlier said “at least 30 people have been killed in the suicide blasts carried out by two female suicide bombers in the market.”
A local government official and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed the attack.

 

Nigeria suicide attacks toll reaches 45

AFP, KANO: Two female suicide bombers on Friday killed 45 people and wounded 33 others when they detonated their explosives in a crowded market in Nigerias restive northeast, the emergency service said The army had earlier put the death toll at 30.From our updated records we have 45 dead and 33 injured in the twin suicide bomb explosions in Madagali, said Saad Bello of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Adamawa state.While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, the blasts bore all the hallmarks of Boko Haram, which regularly uses women and young girls to carry out suicide attacks in its seven-year insurgent campaign in the troubled region.Military spokesman Badare Akintoye had earlier said at least 30 people have been killed in the suicide blasts carried out by two female suicide bombers in the market. A local government official and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed the attack.