ATLEAST 18 DEAD, MANY INJURED IN BORNO, BY FEMALE SUICIDAL BOMBERS

In Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, a funeral, a hospital, and a wedding were the targets of multiple explosions by alleged female suicide bombers that resulted in at least eighteen fatalities and numerous injuries.

Saturday saw three explosions in the town of Gwoza, which is located over the Cameroonian border, a spokesman for the Borno State police said on Sunday, Nahum Kenneth Daso.

According to Daso, one of the attacks happened at approximately 3:45 p.m. (14:45 GMT) when a mother with a baby on her back “detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) she had on her at a crowded motor park.” There are reports that the suicide bombers in the same town also targeted a hospital.

According to Daso, one of the attacks happened at approximately 3:45 p.m. (14:45 GMT) when a mother with a baby on her back “detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) she had on her at a crowded motor park.” There are reports that the suicide bombers in the same town also targeted a hospital.

According to officials, there was a subsequent attack during the wedding bombing victims’ funeral.ccording to officials, there was a subsequent attack during the wedding bombing victims’ funeral.

According to a report by agency chief Barkindo Saidu, “so far, 18 deaths comprising children, men, females, and pregnant women” have been reported.

Thirty-three others were waiting to be evacuated, and nineteen “seriously injured” individuals were sent to Maiduguri, the provincial capital.