Maiduguri – The Police in Borno, yesterday, said 15 persons died when two suicide bombers attacked the Biu Market, in Biu Local Government Area of the state.
Mr Victor Isuku, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), made the confirmation in a statement issued in Maiduguri.
Isuku said that 53 persons sustained injuries.
He clarified that the occurrence happened at around 11:40 am, the point at which a female suicide aircraft invaded the market and exploded an Improvised Explosive Device (IEDs) tied to her body.Isuku said that one other plane exploded the unstable outside the swarmed showcase and killed herself.The police proclamation peruses: "Today Dec. 2, at around 11:40 hours, two female suicide planes invaded and picked up passage into Biu town, in Biu Local Government Area."One of the aircraft exploded IED tied to her body inside the primary market, while the other one exploded outside the market square."So far, a sum of 13 people barring the two suicide planes, have been affirmed killed in the two blasts, while 53 different people managed different degrees of wounds," he said.The Police representative unveiled that the carcasses were emptied while the harmed have been alluded to the General Hospital, Biu.Isuku said that police watch and EOD groups were conveyed to clean the scene of the assault, noticing that commonality has been reestablished in the territory. (NAN)
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