Dozens of people were feared killed as an explosion ripped through a crowded market in northern state of Borno, one of the three most-hit states by the insurgency of Boko Haram. Buba Abdullahi, a witness said It is not clear if it was a suicide attack.
Abdullahi also said dozens of injured people and dead bodies had been evacuated to a nearby hospital in Biu, a town in Borno.
According to him, more charred bodies of victims still littered the scene of the explosion.
Biu is the biggest town in southern Borno and Boko Haram fighters have made repeated attempts to bomb the market, which is open on Mondays and Thursdays.
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