100 people
were killed yesterday June 16th after a Boko Haram booby trap exploded in the
heart of the Munguno market in Borno. According to KSM news, a Boko Haram
member who disguised as a member of the state's JTF Vigilante group carried the
booby trap into the market where it detonated and killed several people.
According to reports, the Vigilante members had earlier engaged the sect
members in a fight where they chased them out of their community
While trying
to escape, the sect members abandoned their weapons which included guns and
other objects, one of which was a booby trap.
Eyewitnesses
said that one of the sect member who disguised as a vigilante member picked the
item up against the advise of other vigilante members. He walked into the busy
market where the explosive detonated.
As of this
morning, 62 bodies have been evacuated from a trailer that is being used to
remove the bodies from the scene of the incident to the State Special Hospital
morgue in Maiduguri.
Residents
have been warned not to pick up any object which they are not sure of.
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