5 confirmed dead, 39 injured in Maiduguri multiple explosions

Rescued workers collect bodies following an attack by Boko Haram suicide bombers at the outskirts of Maiduguri, Nigeria, Friday

The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said that five people were killed in the suicide bomb attack at Dalori Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp, Maiduguri on Wednesday.

SEMA also confirmed that 39 others sustained various degrees of injuries in the suicide bomb attack at Dalori IDP camp, Maiduguri.

Chairman of the agency, Satomi Ahmad, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Maiduguri.

Satomi said that a female suicide bomber infiltrated the IDPs camp and detonated explosive killing herself and five other people, while 39 others were wounded.

He said the second suicide bomber detonated improvised explosive device at the entrance of Dalori residential quarters and blew herself to pieces.

According to him, there is no casualty in the second attack.

The chairman added that the those wounded had been taken to the Specialist Hospital, Maiduguri.