Two female suicide bombers have struck a crowded market in Maiduguri the Borno state capital this morning killing several people.
The explosion, whose sound was heard across the metropolis, occurred at about 11:11am.
It went off at a place that has huge concentration of people buying and selling.
NigerianEye gathered that the bomb was concealed in a pickup tricycle, popularly known as Jega.
"The blast happened at One-Way road that leads to Bulabulin, adjacent the Monday Market," trader Sabiu Aliyu said.
Police and fire fighters are busy cordoning the scene of the blast.
The number of casuality is unknown at press time, but a source told NigerianEye that many dead bodies littered the ground, while many others were seen with seriously injuries.
More details shortly...
via nigerianeye
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