Sam Kaye
At least 20 residents have been killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) attack at a “Mai shai” local tea shop at Kawuri community of Borno state yesterday.
The attack, which happened Wednesday evening actually targeted residents in the Kawuri community who are in the habit of gathering in such tea or coffee shops to sip tea or coffee before going home to sleep.
A source who was not far from the incident said that at least 20 residents died on the spot after the IED attack as they were gathered at the joint in kawuri while several others suffered various forms of injuries and have been rushed to the hospital.
“We heard a loud blast at about 8:30 pm coming from the area where many people were gathering for night chats in the tea joint. I saw the corpses of people scattered on the ground while many others were seriously injured. He said.
Kawuri community was a complete ghost town due to the fear of the insurgents until the 10 of September 2020, when the Borno state government resettled 750 households of residents back to their ancestral homes after years of Boko haram Iswap insurgency.
No group has claimed responsibility, but Jaz has increased such attacks on local and government forces in the past few weeks and days in northeast Nigeria state.
As at the time of filling this report, the Borno state police spokesperson could not be reached for comments on the attack which came amidst planned national hunger protests across the country.