{Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up Tuesday in a crowded market in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri, killing at least 30 people, said witnesses and a security official.}<\/p>\n
The two teenage girls dressed in full hijab entered the busy market and detonated their explosives, said Abba Aji Kalli, the Borno state coordinator of the Civilian Joint Task Force.<\/p>\n
The first set off her explosives and killed about three women, said Kalli.<\/p>\n
When others gathered around the scene, the second bomber screamed and blew herself up, killing about 30, he said.<\/p>\n
“I am right here at the scene and I have before me 11 corpses … many have been taken away by relatives, while others are taken to the state specialists’ hospital,” said Kalli.<\/p>\n
Soldiers and police officers cordoned off the area while rescue workers helped survivors to the hospital.<\/p>\n
Nigeria’s Islamic extremist rebel group, Boko Haram, are suspected of the suicide blasts, as they have carried out many similar violent acts in northeastern Nigeria.<\/p>\n
Today’s blast is the first in Maiduguri since July 2 when 56 people were killed in the same market area when a car bomb hit a group of traders and shoppers.<\/p>\n
Nigeria’s police have not yet issued a statement on Tuesday’s blasts.<\/p>\n
New York Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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