Nigeria: Maiduguri Bomb Explosion - Death Toll Rises to 17

1 July 2014

The number of people killed at the popular Maiduguri Monday market by a suicide bomber has been put at 17.

A member of the infamous Boko Haram sect had detonated an Impoverished Explosive Devices (IEDs) at the popular Maiduguri Monday market at about 8:30am which led to the killing of mostly petty traders and members of the youth vigilante group popularly called Civilian JTF in the area.

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