Suicide bombers target market in the city of Yola in Nigeria – 29 killed, 38 injured

A couple of suicide bombers blew themselves up in the main market of Yola city in Nigeria’s northeast and 29 persons were killed while another 38 were injured. Initial indications are that it was an attack by Boko Haram militants.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 5 June 2015.

The injured are being treated in the hospitals in this city which is already overflowing with refugees from the conflict. The timing of the explosion coincided with the time when the merchants were downing the shutters and people were hurrying to make last-minute purchases while commuters were rushing to catch tricycle taxis to go home.
It was the first such attack on Yola and fingers of suspicion point at Boko Haram because two of the dead bodies were of the suicide bombers.
(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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