Several people were killed and others injured on Monday night after multiple explosions struck at least three locations in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria.
Emergency officials said the blasts, suspected to be suicide bombings, occurred in Maiduguri, the state capital, where the extremist group Boko Haram has waged a prolonged insurgency for over a decade.
TheFact Daily gathers that the first explosion was reportedly heard around 7pm, shortly after Muslims broke their fast. This incident occurs only hours after terrorists attacked a military location in Ajilari, an outskirt of Maiduguri, where they burnt the place and carted away a military patrol vehicle. However, the troops successfully repelled the attack and killed some of the terrorists as many fled the scene with bullet wounds.
According to Sirajo Abdullahi, Head of Operations of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Maiduguri, two of the explosions occurred at a local market and near the entrance of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.
“There are casualties and emergency responders are currently attending to the injured at the hospital,” Abdullahi said. “We cannot give the exact figure yet until all casualties are accounted for.”
