2 Female Bombers Blew Up Themselves, Kill 30 In Maiduguri



Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up Tuesday, November 25, 2014 in a crowded market in Maiduguri, killing at least 30 people, a security official reports.

According to Abba Aji Kalli, the Borno state coordinator of the Civilian Joint Task Force, the two teenage girls dressed in full hijab entered the busy market and detonated their explosives, said.

The first set off her explosives and killed about three women. 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 has barricaded the area while rescue workers helped survivors to the hospital. Nigeria's Islamic extremist rebel group, Boko Haram, are suspected of the suicide blasts, as they have carried out many similar violent acts in north-eastern Nigeria.

This is a state where some lawmakers are demanding that SOE should be called off.. hmm