Abandoned Boko Haram Bag 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”.