Lagos, Feb 17 : At least 22 people were killed and 28 wounded when three suicide bombers carried out an attack at a market in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, the official News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported on Saturday.
The attacks occurred late on Friday, when the suicide bombers detonated explosives at the Kasuwar Kifi, in the outskirts of Konduga town, the report said.
An eyewitness was quoted as saying that the three bombers detonated the improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on their bodies in the crowded market.
The Boko Haram militant group has stepped up its campaign of suicide bombing using girls, usually veiled, to blow up targets in Nigeria’s northeast.
Earlier this month, six people were killed and 39 others injured in a suicide attack in northeastern Nigeria.
UNI
