At least 15 killed in Nigeria suicide blast

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The explosion occurred when a homemade bomb, concealed in a van loaded with charcoal, went off at an ever-busy traffic circle outside the city's main market, according to a Twitter account by the Nigerian Defense Ministry.

Witnesses said the blast happened at about 8:00 a.m., when traffic was beginning to build at the roundabout, causing a major fire that engulfed vehicles and shops lining the streets.

Local vigilantes called Civilian JTF, after the special military unit battling Boko Haram, evacuated the victims of the morning blast to the State Specialist Hospital in the city.

"We have so far taken 15 dead bodies to the hospital from the blast scene, most of them women and boys," said a local vigilante Adam Kolo.

A journalist who was at the hospital confirmed seeing 15 bodies brought in by the rescue team.

A "rescue operation is still ongoing, which means the toll may change. We have also evacuated several people with injuries from the explosion," Kolo said.

"I saw several people lying lifeless on the street with six cars and three motorized rickshaws burning," said resident Ibrahim Mustapha.

Most of the victims were elderly women selling peanuts and kola nuts by the roadside and poor boys, Kolo said.

It is a custom in Maiduguri for residents to buy peanuts every morning and give them out as alms to poor boys begging on the streets.

Source http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/01/world/africa/nigeria-violence/

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