Twelve Killed in a Suicide Attack on Market in Northeastern Nigeria
June 21, 2025 Hour: 6:54 pm
At least 12 people were killed and 18 injured this Friday by an explosion caused by a suicide bomber in an attack on a market in the town of Konduga, located in Borno state in northeastern Nigeria.
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A female suicide bomber, wearing an improvised explosive device strapped to her body, infiltrated a crowd of unsuspecting civilians and detonated the device, resulting in the unfortunate loss of life and multiple injuries, state Police spokesperson Nahum Daso said in a statement.
“Last night, around 22:00 (21:00 GMT), about ten people died when a suicidal woman detonated a bomb in her body, causing an explosion at the Konduga fish market,” he told Daso to a news agency.
“The attacker disguised herself as a customer among other customers of a food stand in the market and then detonated the bomb. The attacker died. Several people were injured in the attack and taken to hospital”, he explained.
As for those responsible for the attack, the spokesman said that the author had not been determined, but indicated that jihadist groups are suspected of operating in Borno, as they often use homemade explosive devices and suicide bombers against civilians.
The police and other security personnel have mobilized to the area, and calm has been restored. The investigation of the incident is ongoing, the police spokesman added.
Northeastern Nigeria has suffered attacks from the jihadist group Boko Haram since 2009, violence that intensified from 2016 with the emergence of its splinter group, the Islamic State of the West Africa Province (ISWAP).
Both groups seek to impose an Islamic state in Nigeria, a country with a Muslim majority in the north and a predominantly Christian south.
Boko Haram and ISWAP have killed more than 35,000 people and caused some 2.7 million internally displaced persons, mainly in Nigeria, but also in neighboring countries such as Cameroon, Chad, and Niger, according to government and UN data.
Source: EFE