The explosion which was carried out by two female suicide bombers dressed in hijabs, and believed to be teenagers. They detonated explosives in a crowded market in Maiduguri, Borno state on Tuesday, November 25.
According to the Borno state coordinator of the Civilian Joint Task Force, Abba Aji Kalli who spoke to the Associated Press, the first bomber had blown herself up, killing about three women and while people gathered, the second bomber screamed and set off her own bomb killing about 30.
"I am right here at the scene and I have before me 11 corpses ... many have been taken away by relatives, while others are taken to the state specialists' hospital," Kalli said.
“While the people were trying to help the injured the second bomb blasted. I saw lots of bodies,” another witness, Sani Adamu, confirming Kalli’s account told Reuters.
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