At least five persons were
reported dead and 39 others injured as two suicide bombers on Wednesday night
attacked
an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Maiduguri, Borno state.
Officials of the State Emergency
Management Agency (SEMA) who confirmed the incident to journalists in Maiduguri
said the attack occurred at about 8p.m.
The chairman of SEMA, Satomi
Ahmed, said the two suicide bombers targeted Dalori IDP camp located at the
outskirts of capital city near the University of Maiduguri.
“The attack was carried out by
two teenage girls, one of them gained access to the camp and detonated herself
killing herself and five others, while 39 others were injured in the blast,”
said Mr Ahmed.
“The second one could not make it
into the camp before his explosive went off, killing only himself.”
Dalori camp is one of the largest
IDP camps in Maiduguri.
Neither the police nor the
military has issued a statement in respect of the attack.
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