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Africa Subsaharan
More than 60 killed in twin suicide blasts in northeast Nigeria
2018-05-02
[DAWN] Suicide bombers killed more than 60 people at a mosque and a market in northeast Nigeria
... a particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border...
on Tuesday, in a twin attack bearing the hallmarks of Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
and a day after US President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
pledged greater support to fight the bad boys.

The blasts, said to have been carried out by young boys, happened shortly after 1:00 pm (1200 GMT) in Mubi, some 200 kilometres (125 miles) from the Adamawa state capital, Yola.

Imam Garki, from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said a joint assessment with the police and Red Thingy found that 26 people were killed and 56 were maimed, 11 of them critically.

They were transferred to the Federal Medical Centre in Yola for treatment.

But a medical source at the Mubi General Hospital said they had received 37 bodies, while a rescue worker involved in the relief operation said he counted 42 dead and 68 injured.

"These I saw with my own eyes. We were counting as they were being taken," said Sani Kakale.

Two local residents who attended funerals for the victims said the corpse count was much higher ‐ and could climb further.

"Before I left the cemetery I took part in the burial of 68 people. More bodies were being brought by families of the victims," said Muhammad Hamidu.

"I think this is the worst attack Mubi has ever witnessed. The human loss is unimaginable." Abdullahi Labaran added: "We left 73 freshly dug graves where each victim was buried. There are still unclaimed bodies at the hospital.

Posted by:Fred

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