Suicide bombers struck in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Chibok during busy market day, killing at least 13 people, BBC reports.
Reports indicated at least three attackers were involved, with some of them female according to witnesses accounts. Over 30 people were injured.
It is not yet known who was behind the attack. But every finger will be pointing at the Boko Haram Islamic insurgents that have been terrorizing resident predominantly in the north-eastern region of Nigeria.
But suspicion is likely to fall on militants from the Boko Haram Islamist group, who abducted more than 200 schoolgirls from Chibok in 2014.
A Village elder believes the death toll could rise.
“The situation is now tense and there’s so much confusion. It will take some time before we can be able to have a clearer picture of the casualties,” Ayuba Chibok told the AFP news agency.
One of the attackers struck at a security checkpoint, while another managed to reach the busy market. A third was identified by residents before detonating explosives close to the market, the reports said.
“People I spoke to are in shock, some of them are still crying,” said a former town resident Malam Ayouba.
On Monday at least 25 people died in suicide bombings in the northern Cameroonian town of Bodo.
