Many people are feared killed today after a bomb exploded
at the Maiduguri abattoir in the troubled Borno State,
witnesses said.
The incident happened around 12.35 pm at a commercial
toilet facility within the abattoir, the biggest slaughter house
in Maiduguri where animal protein including camels, cows,
sheep and goats are prepared before distribution.
Sources said most butchers in the abattoir take their bath
there after the day's work which normally lasts between
6.30am and 12 noon.
"The bomb was kept in a bag near the rest house and the
owner pretended as if he wanted to ease himself," butcher
Tanko Mahauchi said.
"Many people were killed when the bomb exploded and many
others sustained serious injuries," he said.
Fire service men, Red Cross and NEMA officials have
mobilized to the scene.
In the early hours of today, hundreds of Boko Haram terrorists
had wanted to invade Maiduguri with RPGs but were repelled
by the Nigerian troops.
