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| Africa Subsaharan |
| Over 20 Killed in Market Bombing in NE Nigeria |
| 2015-09-25 |
| [AnNahar] More than 20 people were killed in a kaboom in the garrison town of Monguno in remote northeast Nigeria ... a particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border... , witnesses and the country's main relief agency said on Wednesday. Ibrahim Abdulkadir, northeast coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said "between 25 and 28" were killed in Sunday night's attack while locals said at least 21 died. News of the blast was slow to emerge because of poor communications with the remote town, which is some 140 kilometers (87 miles) by road from the Borno state capital, Maiduguri. Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... faceless myrmidons captured Monguno after what is thought to be the group's deadliest strike in the six-year insurgency in the nearby town of Baga, on Lake Chad, in January when hundreds died. The army has since regained control of the town, which is home to Nigeria's national security adviser Babagana Monguno. Abdulkadir said Sunday's blast was caused by a jacket wallah but local trader Alamin Ahamad said: "We strongly suspect the bomb was concealed like merchandise in a sack and dropped at the market. "It later went kaboom!and killed many people. Personally I participated in the evacuation of 21 people. I left others still doing the work. I was overwhelmed by emotion." Muhutari Dan Niger said the blast "destroyed most of the shops around the scene", adding: "I saw at least 23 dead bodies and over 20 with various injuries." The Borno state police was not immediately available for comment. "I can say no more!" when contacted by AFP. |
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