Sad Saturday: 47 Dead, 50 Injured As Three Bombs Hit Maiduguri

When will boko haram come to an end in this country Lord? Just when i thought we were about shouting for victory in the country over this issue.. Three bombings in northeast Nigeria’s city of Maiduguri on Saturday killed at least 47 people, including children, and wounded 50, witnesses said.

“The death toll has risen to 47, with at least 50 others injured. The dead include women and children,” said Abubakar Gamandi, head of the Borno state fisherman’s union who was at the scene at of the first attack, the Baga market, before moving to Maiduguri General Hospital to help coordinate rescue efforts.

A nurse at the hospital and area vigilante leader Danlami Ajaokuta confirmed his account.

A tricycle rider with a bomb tried to enter a fish market on the Baga road in the west of Maiduguri. The bomb exploded when the tricycle was prevented from going in, Mohammad Ajia, a trader in Baga market, said after fleeing the scene.

God help us.

A second blast then hit an area known as the Monday market before a car bomb exploded by a bus station near a Department of State Security (DSS) office, according to a civilian member of a joint task force.

“Men from the anti-bomb squad came a few minutes after the blast to comb the scene, then they started evacuating victims. I saw five mangled bodies being put in vehicles,” Aliyu Musa, a resident in the area near the DSS office, said.

Near the Monday market, casualties were loaded onto waiting ambulances.

“I have counted five ambulances that have evacuated victims from the scene. Soldiers are shootingin the air and warding off people at the market,”‎ Salisu Yaya‎, a member of a civilian task force, told Reuters from the Monday market area.