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Nigeria - About ten people were on Friday killed when suspected Boko Haram terrorists detonated a bomb at Maikohi Camp – Nigeria’s largest Internally Displaced Camps (IDPs) – located in Yola, the capital of Adamawa State.
According to the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, 20 people are also injured.
“Among the injured seven (7) were treated and discharged while thirteen (13) persons including four (4) NEMA officials are still at FMC Yola,” NEMA said on Twitter.
Witnesses said the bomb was planted inside a tent near the major warehouse of the camp where 200 displaced persons who had just arrived from Madagali Local Government of Borno State, had been camped.
The bomb exploded at about 10:30am, causing panic as some of the refugees fled the camp, Premium Times reports.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the attack.
Read More: We Shall Overcome - Atiku Reacts to Yola Bomb Blast
According to the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, 20 people are also injured.
“Among the injured seven (7) were treated and discharged while thirteen (13) persons including four (4) NEMA officials are still at FMC Yola,” NEMA said on Twitter.
Witnesses said the bomb was planted inside a tent near the major warehouse of the camp where 200 displaced persons who had just arrived from Madagali Local Government of Borno State, had been camped.
The bomb exploded at about 10:30am, causing panic as some of the refugees fled the camp, Premium Times reports.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the attack.
Read More: We Shall Overcome - Atiku Reacts to Yola Bomb Blast