Scores were reportedly killed, some main-stream reports puts casualty figure at between 31 and 32 following a bomb attack at Abachari area, outskirts of Damboa Local Government Area Borno state, north-eastern Nigeria.
Police reports put the number of casualties at 21.
Police reports put the number of casualties at 21.
The bomb attack, which was carried out by six suicide bombers main-stream reports said, left between 48 and 84 people injured.
Information made available by the Bornu state Command, through its Public Relations Officer, Okon Edet, disclosed that the attack took place Saturday evening, June 16, 2018, at about 24:45 hrs.
Information made available by the Bornu state Command, through its Public Relations Officer, Okon Edet, disclosed that the attack took place Saturday evening, June 16, 2018, at about 24:45 hrs.
“At the sound of the explosion, personnel of the Nigeria Police and members of the civilian JTF mobilised to the scene discovered 20 dead bodies and 48 injured persons in a suspected terrorist attack.
“The wounded and the dead were evacuated to a hospital while the scene of the crime was sanitised by a deployment of police EOD unit.” Edet said.
Giving details of the horrific incident, eye-witnesses who spoke to Punch Newspapers further revealed: “At the sound of the explosion, personnel of the Nigeria Police and members of the civilian JTF mobilised to the scene discovered 20 dead bodies and 48 injured persons in a suspected terrorist attack.
“Following the suicide bombings, the jihadists fired rocket-propelled grenades into the crowds that had gathered at the scene of the attacks, thus increasing the number of casualties.
“There were two suicide attacks and rocket-propelled grenade explosions in Damboa last night which killed 31 persons and left several others injured.”
It was gathered that attacks carried out earlier in Shuwari and Abachari neighbourhoods on Saturday, June 16, 2018, at about 8:30pm by two suicide bombers left six people dead.
Most of the casualties, reports claimed "were from the rocket fired at the gathering of sympathisers". The eye witness said.
...and "misfiring by the Nigerian Army". A claim the Army denied.
The Police stated that investigation into the incident is on-going, while members of the public were urged to continue to be vigilant and watchful.
The Police stated that investigation into the incident is on-going, while members of the public were urged to continue to be vigilant and watchful.
Boko-haram terrorist group is suspected to be behind this attack.
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