Two Teenage Girls Dressed in Full Hijab Blew Themselves Up in Maiduguri

 

Reports confirm that two female suicide bombers blew themselves up today in a crowded market in Maiduguri, killing at least 30 people. The two teenage girls dressed in full hijab entered the busy market and detonated their explosives,


According to Abba Aji Kalli, the Borno state coordinator of the Civilian Joint Task Force, the first set off her explosives and killed about three women, said Kalli.
When others gathered around the scene, the second bomber screamed and blew herself up, killing about 30, he said.

“I am right here at the scene and I have before me 11 corpses … many have been taken away by relatives, while others are taken to the state specialists’ hospital,” said Kalli.

Today’s blast is the first in Maiduguri since July 2 when 56 people were killed in the same market area when a car bomb hit a group of traders and shoppers.