For the third consecutive day, Boko Haram have struck Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, this time attacking a killing four people and injuring five others after a bomb exploded at a popular market on Sunday, May 31, 2015.
According to reports, the explosion occurred around 1 pm at the popular Kasuwan-Gamboru, located close to the headquarters of the Nigeria Customs Service.
Malam Bashir, who is a grocery trader at the market said: “It (the bomb) was suspected to have been buried near the spot where charcoal traders use to sell coals.
“Four persons sustained injury; but one has more serious injury because one of his arm was cut off by the bomb”.