NO fewer than 16 persons were killed and 82 others were wounded in a suicide bomb attack in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State.

Damian Chukwu, the state Police commissioner, who confirmed the attack in a Short Message Service, SMS, sent to newsmen on Wednesday, August 16, in Maiduguri, said that the incident occurred at a market at about 5: 30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 15, when three suicide bombers hit the market.

Dozens of people were also killed in a separate suicide bomb attacks on Tuesday, August 15, in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State.

He said the suicide bombers a male and two female detonated the explosives at The Busy Market blew up themselves and killed 16 people.

Chukwu said that 82 other persons sustained various degrees of injuries in the attack, adding that the wounded were evacuated to Specialists Hospital, Maiduguri.

According to him, the command has deployed EOD to sanitise the area.

Aug 16, 2017 @ 13:25 GMT