BREAKING: Female Suicide Bomber Attacks Market In Borno

According to the Channels Television, a member of the Biu Youth Volunteer popularly called “Civilian JTF” involved in the rescue efforts, who pleaded anonymity, said a suspected member of the Boko Haram sect entered the vegetable section of the Market and detonated an Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), killing 15 people at the market.

A doctor at the Biu General Hospital, who pleaded anonymity, said that 7 dead bodies were brought from the scene, while 8 others passed away shortly after being brought to the hospital.

He also said 21 others with severe injuries are currently being prepared for referral to other major hospitals within and outside the state.

According to the Agence France-Presse (AFP), the attacker was a female suicide bomber.

Today is market day in Biu, about 185km away from Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. It is the first major attack on the town in a long time.

The female suicide bomber shouted “God is great” before detonating herself, a Borno resident, Mallam Yuguda Biu, said.

While another local resident reports that there were two women, who later were arrested