Two persons who suffered injuries in Muna Gari community, Konduga local government area, Borno, Wednesday’s multiple suicide bomb attacks died while on admission at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital ( UMTH) and Specialist Hospital, Maiduguri, thus bringing the death toll from the blast to 20, it was learnt on Thursday.
Dr Bashir Tahir, the UMTH’s Chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC) that one of the five admitted at the hospital died from an internal injury.
He added that the patients were responding to treatment.
Abdullahi Danbatta, the Head of Rescue Team, State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), said they had evacuated 24 injured persons to the Specialist Hospital, Maiduguri.
Danbatta also revealed that one of the patients died at the hospital.
The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the police had confirmed 18 persons killed and 29 others wounded after four suicide bombers hit the area.
Police patrol and EOD teams have sanitised the area for residents to resume normal life.
The remains of the deceased were given mass burial at the Maiduguri cemetery.
Mr Victor Isuku, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) said in a statement that the first explosion occurred at a prayer ground while three other explosions occurred at different locations in the community.
“A total of 18 persons, including the four suicide bombers died, and 29 others sustained injuries in the multiple explosions,” Isuku said.