A female suicide bomber riding on a commercial tricycle had detonated some explosives on her body at a crowded grocery market where early rising petty traders go to make wholesale purchase of vegetables in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, security sources and witnesses said.
A thunderous blast that occurred at about 6:30am resonated all over the town of Maiduguri.
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