2015 Maiduguri suicide bombing

2015 CE.

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On March 7, 2015, a suicide bomber blew himself up on a cycle rickshaw near a fish market in Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria, and killed at least 10 people. Later, it was officially reported that there were a series of five bomb blasts carried out by suicide bombers on the same day in five different areas of the city. According to multiple sources, 58 people were killed and over 143 people wounded. According to witnesses and various news reports, the first bomber was likely a 16-year-old boy who tried to enter Baga fish market in Maiduguri. The second blast is thought to have been a twin explosion which hit another market known as Monday market at around 12:30. According to BBC reports, the attack was carried out by two women. The third explosion took place at around 12:52 near a Department of State Security office.

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