Panic In The North: A Day After Suicide Bomber Killed Over 10 In Borno, Bomb Explosion Kills Five, Many Others Injured In Kano

<h4>Panic In The North<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that less than 24 hours when a suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at a crowded fish market in the Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State on Friday night&comma; killing at least 10 civilians and injuring seven others&comma; bomb has explodd in Kano&comma; killing 5 persons and injuring many others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The deadly blast&comma; which occurred in the early hours of Saturday in Kano&comma; triggered widespread panic among residents and drew a swift response from emergency teams&comma; including security agents and medical workers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;25146" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-25146" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-25146" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;05&sol;Kano-300x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Panic In The North&colon; A Day After Suicide Bomber Killed Over 10 In Borno&comma; Bomb Explosion Kills Five&comma; Many Others Injured In Kano" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"300" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-25146" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Kano governor&comma; Abba Kabir Yusuf<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>At least five people have been killed and over a dozen others seriously injured following an explosion suspected to be caused by a military-grade mortar bomb in Kano State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The State Commissioner of Police&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;saharareporters&period;com&sol;">Ibrahim Adamu Bakori&comma;<&sol;a> who arrived at the scene shortly after the incident&comma; confirmed the tragic loss of lives and revealed that a trailer transporting what is believed to be a military ordnance may have been involved&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I received a call that something serious had happened&period; When I arrived&comma; I found that it was a suspected explosion&comma; possibly a military mortar bomb&period; Fifteen people were injured&comma; and unfortunately&comma; five died&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He explained that the injured victims were immediately rushed to nearby hospitals for urgent medical attention&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The situation is still under investigation&comma; but we understand the vehicle involved may have come from Yobe State&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> he added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The police chief further disclosed that early findings point to a trailer suspected of transporting the explosive device&comma; although it remains unclear whether the vehicle belonged to military personnel or private contractors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Preliminary findings suggest the explosive material was being transported by a trailer&comma; but it remains unclear whether the vehicle was carrying military personnel or contractors&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Commissioner Bakori noted that the authorities had not yet confirmed the exact cause of the explosion or identified the ownership of the explosives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Security agencies are currently investigating the incident&period; The facts will be clearer once the investigation is completed&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> he stated&comma; while appealing to the public to remain calm&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is coming a day after a suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber also detonated an explosive device at a crowded fish market in the Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State&comma; killing at least 10 civilians and injuring seven others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The deadly blast occurred at the popular evening market&comma; which attracts hundreds of local traders and residents&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to security sources&comma; it was learnt that the assailant disguised as a civilian and mingled with the crowd before detonating the explosive&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The suicide bomber also died in the blast&comma;”<&sol;em><&sol;strong> Makama stated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Nigerian Army troops and emergency response teams were immediately deployed to the scene&comma; and the injured victims were evacuated to a nearby medical facility for treatment&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Eyewitnesses described scenes of panic and chaos following the explosion&comma; with victims lying motionless and others crying for help as smoke filled the air&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;26207" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-26207" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-26207" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;08&sol;Bola-Tinubu-2-300x250&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Panic In The North&colon; A Day After Suicide Bomber Killed Over 10 In Borno&comma; Bomb Explosion Kills Five&comma; Many Others Injured In Kano" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"250" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-26207" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>President Bola Tinubu<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;