A wedding at Tashan Alade in Hawul local government area of Borno state on Friday turned bloody when a female suicide bomber was detonated a bomb, killing herself and 10 other guests.
DAILY reports
That locals in Hawul local government told its reporter that several others were injured and are currently being treated at Biu General Hospital,
According to Yusuf Shani, one of the guests at the wedding, those who saw the explosion said it was a female suicide bomber, “but I cannot tell exactly what happened because we were inside the groom’s house trying to make arrangement for our guest who came from far places.
When it happened, some people who ran into the house were the ones that alerted us, and when we got to the scene, many people were lying down while some pieces of human bodies were seen here and there.”
He said, the explosion which killed 10 people including the alleged suicide bomber was the third of such deadly attacks on Tashan Alade by the Islamic militant, Boko Haram.
It could be recalled that, sometime last year, some Boko Haram sect members attacked people at a wedding, killing four people in Tashan Alade.
A police officer, in Hawul local government who was not authorized to speak to the press attributed the attack to the activities of Boko Haram in the area, adding that, the police has detailed its operatives to investigate the matter.
According to him, ” there has been report that Boko Haram people have been seen in Sabon Kasuwa area and with the bomb attack now in Tashan Alade, there is going to be search in all the areas to fish out the bad eggs among the people in that area, including those who are harbouring them in their houses.”
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