Over 50 people are feared to have been killed in multiple suicide attacks which rocked different locations of Maiduguri, the Borno state Capital on Sunday night and Monday morning.
NE gathered that several bombs were detonated by female bombers in several parts of Maiduguri on Monday.
Some bomb explosion sounded as residents speculated that a fleeing Boko Haram bomber abandoned improvised explosive device (IEDs) in the area during Sunday night’s attack on the city.
A police officer, informed newsmen of the incident, said the victims had gathered to investigate if a bomb was truly abandoned in the mosque.
“I have never seen such foolishness when people would go peeping into a mosque to find out if truly there was an explosive deposited in a place. But sadly, the bomb went off and over 20 persons were killed and many injured.”
But the account of Malam Suleiman, a primary school teacher in the area, was slightly different.
“The people normally sit down around the mosque in the morning,” he said. ”The place is like a meeting point where neighbours converge to relax.”
“After the morning prayers they just sat down outside the mosque as usual and then the bomb went off. It was not suicide bombing like that of last night. It may have been planted.
“Many people died but I can’t give actual figure of the casualties”.
As at the time filing in this report, rescue operation is still on as soldiers, Civilian Joint Task Force and other security operatives have blocked major routes leading to where the bombs exploded.
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