Bomb Kills 35 in Borno Market.

An alleged improvised explosive device went off close to the centre of the market, when most traders had come for business. Many shops were destroyed and the death toll reached 35 persons, while several others were also injured.

Ngurosoye is a farming community off the Sambisa forest and about 10 kilometres from Bama council area which had witnessed series of attacks by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in recent times.

The Police Commissioner of Borno State, Mr Lawal Tanko, confirmed the incident, insisted that “it was a bomb suspected to have been planted by Boko Haram terrorists at the centre of the market in Ngurosoye that exploded during market hour, killing several people and injuring others”.

He said a team of the anti-bomb squad had been already dispatched to the affected area to ascertain the cause of the blast.