The Borno State Police Command has confirmed that 16 persons were killed and 82 others injured in Tuesday’s attack on a market in Konduga by Boko Haram terrorists.
The state Commissioner for Police, Mr. Damian Chukwu, who spoke with journalists, gave the casualty figure.
The commissioner’s casualty figure was in sharp contrast with the figures given by residents who spoke anonymously with THISDAY on phone.
The residents of Konduga where the incident occurred, claimed that they counted 39 corpses and brought 103 injured persons to Maiduguri, the state capital for treatment.
One of the residents said most of the injured persons in the attack on the weekly Mandarari market were brought to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital for treatment.
Konduga is about 34 kilometres from Maidugiri, the birthplace of Boko Haram, a town which has been under siege for the past six years.
The latest attack on the state is coming barely five hours after the launch of the special force, mobile strike teams by the counter-insurgency operations (Operations Lafiya Dole) on Tuesday.
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Police Confirm 16 Killed, 82 Injured in Borno Market Attack
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