BREAKING NEWS: BOKO HARAM Female Suicide Bombers Hit Crowded Market In Maiduguri

Two female suicide bombers have hit a crowded market in Maiduguri the Borno state capital early this morning killing several people.

#UPDATE Bomb rocks busy market in Nigeria's Maiduguri: police, witnesses http://t.co/p2hf0QINjb
— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) November 25, 2014

According to Saharareporters eyewitness said that the suicide bombers detonated their explosives across from the Monday market in the metropolis this morning around 11:30 AM.   Some residents say on Twitter:

Huge twin explosions this morning at a crowded street near the main market in #Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria. "Many died." #BokoHaram
— Jimeh Saleh (@Jimehsaleh) November 25, 2014

"36 people died and many were seriously injured. It was a female suicide bomber." An eyewitness just told me. #Maiduguri. #BokoHaram
— Jimeh Saleh (@Jimehsaleh) November 25, 2014

Two female suicide bombers have just attacked a busy market in Maiduguri, #Borno state.
— Retweet Me (@WePushNews) November 25, 2014

BREAKING: Two Female Suicide Bombers Hit Crowded Market in Maiduguri - http://t.co/ma6FPjOcsW pic.twitter.com/vPMgLd9Ttj
— Abubakar Sidiq Usman (@Abuu_Sidiq) November 25, 2014

“A powerful bomb exploded at One Way road, adjacent (to) the Monday Market (area) around 11 am (1000 GMT) today,” said a senior police officer, who asked anonymity.

Market trader Usman Babaji told journalists the attacker concealed the bomb in a motorised rickshaw, which are popular throughout the country.

Another bomb explosion occurred on Tuesday morning, at the busy Monday Market close to the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) building in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, has left at least 18 people dead with 55 others severely injured.

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