Borno: At least 18 people were killed and 48 people were injured after a bomb blast in Nigeria’s Borno state.
As per reports, the first blast occurred at a wedding ceremony at around 3 pm local time, while the second and third took place at the general hospital and at a funeral respectively.
Barkindo Muhammad Saidu, the director of Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) visited the site following the bombings.
As per the agency, men, women and children were among the deceased. However, no other details have been made public.
“The degree of injuries ranges from abdominal ruptures, skull fractures, and limb fractures,” Saidu said, as quoted by Reuters.
Shortly after the blasts were reported the Nigerian military imposed a curfew.
It is pertinent to note that no group as of now has claimed responsibility for the attack.
This comes as Borno has been a center of conflict for over a decade. The state has been at the centre of a 15-year insurgency by Boko Haram, where militants have killed over 40,000 people and prompting displacement of over two million people over the years.
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