TOO BAD: Abandoned Boko Haram Bag That Kills 63 Yesterday Evening In Borno

According to Premium Times , at least

63 persons were reportedly killed on

Tuesday when a massive explosion from

a bag found by members of the Civilian-

JTF in Monguno town of Borno state

went off as residents gathered to take a

look, security sources and witnesses

said. Many other onlookers and by-

passers were also injured by the blast

that occurred at about 5pm.

Haruna Bukar, an operative of the

Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN), who

claimed to have witnessed the incident

informed journalists on phone that a

group of Civilian-JTF member

discovered a heavy bag filled with

explosives at an old camp of the Boko

Haram sec along Monguno-Marte road,

and decided to bring it into the city.

What he said after the cut.

“It was not an attack by Boko Haram,

but explosion from a discovered bag

filled with bombs”, he said.

“When they found the bag containing

what later turned out to be improvised

explosives, they brought it to Monguno

town where people gathered to take a

look at it.

As they were busy fiddling with the

content of the bag, the bombs went off

with a massive blast that killed about 63

persons and injured dozen others”.

“It was really a very sad incident that

affected many families. Most of those

affected are young men and a few

number of females”.