Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up Tuesday in a crowded
market in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri, killing at least 30 people,
according to witnesses and a security official.
The act was carried out by two teenage girls dressed in
full hijab entered the busy market and detonated their explosives, said Abba
Aji Kalli, the Borno state coordinator of the Civilian Joint Task Force.
The first set off her explosives and killed about three women,
said Kalli.
When others gathered around the scene, the second bomber screamed
and blew herself up, killing about 30, he said.
"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," said Kalli.
Soldiers
and police officers cordoned off the area while rescue workers helped survivors
to the hospital. Nigeria's police have not yet issued a statement on Tuesday's
blasts.
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