At least 62 people has been reported dead when an explosive in a bag abandon by Boko Haram went off in Monguno town in Borno on Tuesday,the Bag was discovered by local Vigilante Group according to eye witness.the blast which happened around 5pm also injured many onlookers and passerby.
A vigilante group of Nigeria operative,Haruna Bukar who witness the blast said:
It was not an attack by Boko Haram, but explosion from a discovered bag filled with bombs”, he said. “When they found the bag containing what later turned out to be improvised explosives, they brought it to Monguno town where people gathered to take a look at it. As they were busy fiddling with the content of the bag, the bombs went off with a massive blast that killed about 63 persons and injured dozen others”.
“It was really a very sad incident that affected many families. Most of those affected are young men and a few number of females”.
Monguno a town located about 130km away from Maiduguri suffered a massive attack on January 25 when Boko Haram terrorists attacked the military barracks there and sacked most residents from their homes.
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