Abuja, June 23 (RHC)-- Two teenage female bombers have detonated their explosives near a crowded mosque in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing about 30 people.
Recounting the Monday bloodshed, eyewitnesses said one teenager blew herself up as she approached a mosque crowded with people from the nearby Baga Road fish market, performing afternoon prayers. The second teen appeared to run away and blew up further away, killing only herself.
Civilian defense fighter Sama Ila Abu said he counted at least 30 corpses as he helped to collect the dead, adding that there were many wounded being sent to area hospitals.
