Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has said that 30 persons have been killed and 42 injured in triple suicide attacks in Mandarari community of Konduga Local Government Area of the state.
SEMA Director of Search, Rescue and Operations, Usman Kachala, told journalists on Monday that the incident occurred around 8 pm on Sunday.
Mr Kachala said that the three suicide bombers, comprising two females and a male, detonated Improvised Explossive Devices (IEDs) at a local tea joint and film center in the community.
According to him, 17 persons died on the spot while death toll rose to 30 on Monday due to lack of quick medical attention.
“When me and my team arrived Konduga early this morning, the military prevented us from gaining access to the community to assist the victims.
“They told us they were given order from above not to open the road untill 9 am,” he said.
The wounded were seen being conveyed in pick-up vans by relations to hospitals in Maiduguri, the state capital, some 80 km away from the affected town.
