Scores killed as bomb blast hits Sabon Gari village Market in Borno

Reports reaching DAILY POST say several persons have been killed while others were badly injured in a fresh bomb blast that occurred in Sabon Gari village market in the southern part of Borno State on Tuesday.

According to a member of the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF), Babagana Iliya, who spoke with SaharaReporters ”we heard loud explosions at about 01:35pm. When we arrived there people had scattered, it was not suicide bombers but it [the bomb] was planted at the center of the market.”

Sabon Gari village is located along Damboa – Biu Road and is 50 kilometers away from Biu.

More to come.

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