Suicide bombers attack Chibok, kill 14:

 
No fewer than 14 persons were killed on Wednesday in a suicide attack on the Chibok Market in Borno State.
Also, five other persons, who had gone to the bush to fetch firewood, were killed by fighters of the outlawed Boko Haram sect in Jawu, near Auno, a village in Borno State.
In the attack on the Chibok market on Wednesday, 30 persons were similarly injured.Coincidentally, the market was reopened on the day of the attacks, having been shut since over 200 schoolgirls were abducted from the Government Secondary School in the town on April 14, 2014.
The Chairman, Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, Mr. Ba’ana Lawan, confirmed the suicide attack on Chibok.
Lawan, who claimed he was out of the town and as such could not give the details of the attack especially the number of casualties, said he was told of the attack on the telephone.

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