Twin bomb attacks kill dozens in Nigerian market

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Deutsche Welle‎ :

11/25/14

 

Tuesday's attacks in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri killed several people, with estimates from witnesses and health officials placing the number of dead between 30 and 45. Both of the bombings appear to have been carried out by women.

 

According to witnesses interviewed by news agencies, the first suicide bomber walked into the crowded market and detonated her explosives. Her proximity to a fully-loaded rickshaw led to initial speculation that the explosives had been in the rickshaw itself. This killed about three people.

 

As a crowd gathered around the site of the first explosion, the second bomber then set off her explosives. Some witnesses reported that the second woman had wrapped up the explosives on her back, making it appear that she was carrying a baby using a common method in the area.

 

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