A bomb attack at a wedding venue in Tashan Mararaba, Gwoza town, Borno State on Satruday, claimed not less than six lives, with many others injured.
The bomber, identified as a young lady in her early twenties after the incident, detonated her explosive device in the middle of the gathering, causing chaos and destruction, a security analyst and counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama disclosed.
Intelligence sources said the victims, all civilians, were returning from a wedding celebration when the attack occurred near a busy motorpark.
It was learned that emergency services were rushed to the scene to rescue those injured and transport them to the hospitals in Gwoza.
One of the sources said medical personnel in the hospital said at least six people were killed while fifteen others were injured in the attack.
The Borno State Commissioner of Police (CP), Yusuf Lawal, in an interaction with reporters in Maiduguri, confirmed the attack, saying it was carried out by a female suicide bomber.
The commissioner said he was informed by the Divisional Police Officer in Gwoza, that not less than six people were killed, among several others injured and evacuated to the hospital.
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