BREAKING: Many Casualties As Explosion Rocks Borno
Not less than Four people were reportedly injured after a truck transporting bags of onions triggered an improvised explosive device (IED) at Lingir Village, Guzamala LGA of Borno.
According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, the truck was travelling from Baga Village in Kukawa LGA to Maiduguri, the capital of Borno, when the incident happened.
Makama said the IED went off around 10:30 am on Wednesday, injuring the truck driver, 25-year-old Umar Isah, and three passengers.
The passengers were identified as Suleiman Isa, 22; Ibrahim Bala, 25; and Umar Hassan, 22; all residents of Maiduguri.
The publication reported that the truck, with registration number XA 504 GSH Yobe, was heavily damaged in the blast.
Makama noted that troops of Operation HADIN KAI and other security teams responded swiftly by cordoning off the area, photographing the scene, and searching for additional devices, none of which were found.
It said those injured were first taken to a hospital in Maiduguri and are responding to treatment.
The attack is suspected to have been carried out by ISWAP terrorists.
The explosion occurred four days after four children were killed and another injured when an IED detonated behind the Banki motor park in Bama LGA of the state.
