31 killed in suicide bombing, grenade attacks in Nigeria town
Suspected Boko Haram militants killed at least 31
people in a twin suicide bomb attack in a town in northeast Nigeria, ABC News
reported quoting a local official as saying on Sunday.
Two blasts ripped through the town of Damboa in
Borno state on Saturday evening targeting people returning from celebrating the
Eid al-Fitr holiday, in an attack bearing all the hallmarks of Boko Haram.
Following the suicide bombings, the militants fired
rocket-propelled grenades into the crowds that had gathered at the scene of the
attacks, driving the number of casualties higher.
A local government official, who spoke on the
condition of anonymity, confirmed the death toll. “The latest death toll is now
31 but it may increase because many among the injured may not survive,” he
said.
