At least five people were killed by a bomb in Gamboru market in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri on Friday morning,
a policeman and a rescue worker said.
Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, is frequently targeted by Islamist group Boko Haram. A month ago, bombblast also occurred at a meatket a ciaimed up to 50 lives.
Boko Haram has killed thousands of people and displaced some 1.5 million in an insurgency to establish an Islamic caliphate in the northeast of Nigeria but appears to have lost most of the territory it seized to government counter- offensives this year.
See also: 29 killed in Boko-haram attack on Borno village.
A hospital source said a dozen people were brought in with injuries as well as four bodies so far.
Boko Haram has killed thousands of people and displaced some 1.5 million in an insurgency to establish an Islamic caliphate in the northeast of Nigeria but appears to have lost most of the territory it seized to government counter- offensives this year.
See also: 29 killed in Boko-haram attack on Borno village.
A hospital source said a dozen people were brought in with injuries as well as four bodies so far.
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