MARKET STRUCTURE · NIGERIA
Suspected suicide bombers kill at least 23 in Maiduguri
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At least 23 people were killed and 108 injured by a series of suspected suicide bombings in Maiduguri on Monday evening.
Why it matters
Three suspected suicide bombings struck a post office, a popular weekly market and the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital within minutes at about 19:30 local time on Monday. The incidents killed at least 23 people and injured 108. Borno state police described the incidents as carried out by suspected suicide bombers and said an investigation is under way to establish identities. Nigeria's military attributed the attack to militants from Boko Haram, and the president ordered security chiefs to move to Maiduguri to take charge.
Implications
- · Hospitals and emergency services are treating at least 108 injured people and handling multiple fatalities.
- · Security chiefs have been ordered to relocate to Maiduguri to take operational command.
- · An official investigation has been opened to establish the identities of the attackers.
Who is affected
- · Emergency responders and health-care staff
- · Security forces and security chiefs
- · Residents and market vendors
- · University and hospital personnel
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