Maiduguri Suicide Bombing Death Toll Twice The Number Of The Official One Given - Naij.com

 

The real death toll in Maiduguri suicide

bombing linked to Boko Haram turned out to be

much higher than it was declared officially

immediately after the blasts.

The real number of victims in Maiduguri bomb

blast turned out to be twice higher than it was

declared officially

Medics in Maiduguri informed the press that the

real death toll from multiple suicide bombings in

Maiduguri on September 20 turned out to be

much higher than it was thought previously.

While immediately after the bombings linked to

Boko Haram 54 people were officially confirmed

dead, on Tuesday the death toll has risen to no

less than 117 – more than twice more than it

was declared officially immediately after the

blasts.

 

While 72 dead bodies were taken to the

mortuary at the University of Maiduguri

Teaching Hospital, another 45 dead victims

were transported from the scene to the Borno

State Specialist Hospital.

Multiple explosions rocked Maiduguri, the

capital of Borno state, on Sunday, September

20, leaving scores of people dead and many

others injured.

The attack was launched at Ajilari railway

cross in Gomari Airport ward of Maiduguri

metropolis. The assault was believed to have

been masterminded by suicide bombers who

simultaneously detonated the explosives around

7.38pm. The last explosion was heard about

8pm.

On the same day at least twenty seven people

killed and 62 more injured, some of them

critically, in a new suicide bombing attack in

Borno state in Monguno, about 135 kilometres

from Maiduguri. One of the injured in Monguno

later died from his wounds in Maiduguri.

Meanwhile, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai,

the chief of army staff has described the

claims of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau

in a new audio that was released on September

20, as mere noise making.

“Have you seen any of them coming out apart

from the suicide bombings? You can see the

number of terrorists that are escaping from their

camps; he is just making noise to remain

relevant, “ said the chief of army staff.