It was another tragic day in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, yesterday, after twin explosions reportedly killed about 100 people, some of them football fans.
The first explosion was said to have killed dozens of the fans in a ‘viewing centre’ watching football when suspected improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were detonated at about 6pm.The second explosion, it was learnt, went off as rescuers rushed to the scene, killing many more. In another location, Dugolong village, in Askira Uba local government area of the state, about 20 persons were allegedly killed. It was not clear if the incident was a terror attack or resulted from airstrikes as an airforce fighter jet was said to have been spotted around the scene at the time of attack. Vanguard News.
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