March_2017_Maiduguri_bombings

March 2017 Maiduguri bombings

March 2017 Maiduguri bombings

Suicide bombing in Nigeria

On 22 March 2017, at approximately 4:30 a.m, a series of bomb blasts occurred in three locations in the Muna Garage area of Maiduguri, Borno State, northeastern Nigeria.[1][2] The blasts occurred at the Muna Garage internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp.[3]

Quick Facts 2017 Maiduguri attack, Location ...

The attacks, which were unleashed by three to five bombers at different locations, resulted in the deaths of three to five civilian camp residents as well as themselves - and injured 20 people.[1][3]

No terrorist group claimed responsibility for the explosions, but jihadist insurgent group Boko Haram - who attacked Maiduguri many times before - are believed to be responsible.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Suicide bomber kills 10 in northeastern Nigeria market". thisdaylive.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
  2. [2]
    CNBC (2017-03-22). "Blasts kill 4, injure 18 in northeastern Nigeria, police say". CNBC. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
  3. [3]
    Ahovi, Isa Abdulsalami (23 March 2017). "Five suspected bombers, three IDPs die in Borno multiple blasts". Retrieved 2017-03-23.
  4. [4]
    "Multiple bomb blasts rock Nigeria's Maiduguri". aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-04. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
Stub icon

This Nigeria-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This terrorism-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article March_2017_Maiduguri_bombings, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.