Blast Rocks Gamboru Market In Maiduguri (Photos)

A bomb explosion has rocked a crowded motor
park in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital,
residents and security operatives have told
PREMIUM TIMES.
The incident occurred at a busy location where
tricycles pick passengers, and may have killed
dozens and injured even many more.
The thunderous blast, which sounded at about
6:30am, resonated all over Maiduguri, residents
say.
Witnesses later said the explosion occurred near
the entrance of Gamboru Market where operatives
of commercial tricycles park to pick passengers.
“We heard the blast at about 6:30am this morning
and shortly afterwards, we saw people running
from the direction of the market screaming that it
was a bomb,’ said Maryam Abu, a civil servant
whose residence is close to the area.
No one has so far claimed responsibility for the
bombing. But security operatives believe it has the
imprint of the extremist Boko Haram sect.
More details to come later.