MAIDUGURI: At least 16 people were killed while more than 20 sustained injuries followed by a suicide bomb explosion reportedly carried out by a 10-year-old girl in Maiduguri city of Nigeria on Saturday.
Nigerian police said that the bomb blast was carried out by a girl aged around 10-year-old whose body was wrapped by explosives which she blew in Maiduguri market, the capital city of Borno state, foreign news agency reported.
The incident took place at 12:15pm local time while at least 16 dead bodies were counted in only one hospital by mid-afternoon, security sources said.
Borno Medical Hospital said that 27 injured were under treatment in the hospital while more were shifted to other hospitals by the rescue teams.
Maiduguri city is said to be the heartland of an insurgency amongst northeastern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa by Islamist militant group Boko Haram which wants to revive a caliphate in Nigeria, the African most populous and biggest energy producer country.
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