No fewer than seven people have been killed as suicide bomb blasts rocked a camp for migrants who have fled Boko Haram insurgents near the restive northeastern city of Maiduguri, Borno State, early Wednesday.
According to the Borno State Commissioner of Police, Damian Chukwu, the blasts occurred near the city’s Muna Garage area at about 4:30am, Guardian writes.
“There were four explosions inside the camp,” the coordinator of the Muna camp Tijjani Lumani told AFP.
“The bombers struck at different locations around 4:30 am.
“The explosions triggered fires which burned down many tents”, he said, adding that casualties details were not known.
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, also confirmed the attacks, saying its personnel have been deployed to the scene.
“There were some suicide explosions in Muna camp. Our men have mobilised to the scene,” NEMA’s Ibrahim Abduljkadir said.
Muna camp, several miles from Maiduguri, is currently home to tens of thousands of people who have fled Boko Haram.
Residents of the camp have complained about a severe lack of water, compounding widespread food shortages and security fears in the wake of renewed attacks on IDPs and other civilian targets in the northeast as the military sets about clearing out the remnants of Boko Haram in the region
