Death Toll In Maiduguri Bombing Rises To 43

Death toll from the Tuesday’s bomb blast in Maiduguri has risen to 43, hospital sources and emergency workers said.
Some of the survivors are now receiving treatment at the General Mamman Shuwa Memorial hospital even as most of those killed were youth who sell recharge cards and handset accessories at the GSM Market around the Post Office area. Their dead bodies were deposited at the mortuary of the State Specialists Hospital now being guarded by soldiers.

A mortuary attendant who spoke to Vanguard in confidence said he counted 43 bodies, many of them decapitated and some with serious burns.
“I counted 43 bodies and most of them are men. We worked throughout the night of Tuesday receiving victims because those who were hit badly by the shrapnel of the blast had to be packed in nylon bags.”
Another source at the hospital said some of those who sustained serious injuries died yesterday.
Journalists were barred from going close to the morgue as only families of victims were allowed access to recover the remains of their loved ones.