At least 30 people have been killed in a triple suicide attack in northeast Nigerian State of Borno, state emergency officials said on Monday, in the biggest mass killing this year by suicide bombers. No group has yet claimed responsibility.
The Boko Haram group and its Islamic State (IS) splinter group have often carried out attacks targeting civilians and the military in Borno State.
“Yesterday around 8 p.m. (1900 GMT) it was reported that there was a very loud explosion in (the village of) Konduga. On reaching the scene of the incident, we found there was a lot of causalties. In fact, the death toll was over 30 and the injured over 42,” said an emergency service official.
Earlier, the village head, Bulama Kalli, said three suicide bombers had taken part in the attack, targeting a place where villagers had gathered to watch a soccer match on a large screen.
Boko Haram regards soccer as ‘un-Islamic’.
Konduga is located some 25 km from Maiduguri, the State capital of Borno state.
