Bomb explodes in Borno town, kills 19 people, injures many
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) suspected to be planted by Boko Haram insurgents has exploded at a local joint in Kawuri village, Konduga Local government area of Borno State, killing at least 19 people.
The bomb exploded on Wednesday, three days after insurgents attacked a police station at Jakana town in the same Konduga LGA.
A policeman and one woman were killed in that attack while two patrol vans set ablaze.
A government official from the village said the bomb went off around 8:05pm. at a local tea joint where the villagers gathered for a night chat, adding that dozens of people also got injured.
“Nobody can say exactly how it happened, but we suspected that the bomb was planted, not a suicide attack.
“We saw corpses of 19 people with unspecified number of civilians injured.
“The injured were evacuated to an undisclosed hospital in Maiduguri for treatment,” the souce said on condition of anonymity.
Kawuri community is located around 50 kilometres from Maiduguri, the state capital.
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The incident occurred 24 hours after an accountant working with Local Education Authority in Damboa Local Government Area, Shettima Mustapha, was killed when his vehicle ran into an IED along Maiduguri -Damboa-Biu highway in Borno.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Daso, is expected to issue a statement on the attack soon.
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