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Bomb blast hits Maiduguri market

The explosion is said to have occurred at about 4pm today, June 22, 2015 and is believed to have left many dead.
Car burns following a bomb blast in Abuja on 1 May 2014
Car burns following a bomb blast in Abuja on 1 May 2014

The capital town of Maiduguri in Borno State has again been hit by an explosion as a female suicide bomber reportedly blew herself up at a fish market in the Baga area of the city.

Usman Kaka, a local trader, told Sahara Reporters that 'many people have died and there are blood stains everywhere, I saw dead bodies in a police van.'

No official casualty figure has been released but officials on the scene have said that the death toll is expected to be high.

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