{"id":8955,"date":"2016-10-12T15:11:38","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T14:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=8955"},"modified":"2016-10-12T15:11:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T14:11:38","slug":"18-killed-as-bomb-blast-rocks-maiduguri-motor-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/18-killed-as-bomb-blast-rocks-maiduguri-motor-park\/","title":{"rendered":"18 Killed As Bomb Blast Rocks Maiduguri Motor Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Death-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8956\" src=\"http:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Death-3-150x150.png\" alt=\"death-3\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Death-3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Death-3-200x200.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>18 Killed As Bomb Blast Rocks Maiduguri Motor Park<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No fewer than 18 people\u00a0were killed and 20 wounded when a car bomb, believed to be the handiwork of Boko Haram, \u00a0 hit a convoy\u00a0\u00a0in the outskirt of the northeastern Borno state\u2019s capital of Maiduguri<\/p>\n<p>A witness said he saw 10 corpses at the scene of the explosion, but a source in Maiduguri Specialist Hospital said\u00a0that no fewer than\u00a018 bodies were\u00a0deposited in the hospital morgue with more being expected.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2016\/10\/borno-car-bomb-death-toll-rises-18\/<br \/>\nHowever, Police in Borno confirmed the killing of five persons.<\/p>\n<p>According to an agency report, the spokesman of the state Police Command, Mr Victor Isuku, confirmed the incident in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease be informed that at about 0830 today (Wednesday), there was an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion on board a Golf 1 motor vehicle with reg. No JERE 349 XA, body S\/No RTEAN 7179 taxi colour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe car was carrying five people \u2013 four females and a male driver,\u201d Isuku said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the explosion occurred around Muna garrage along maiduguri \/Gamboru Ngala road.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe explosion occurred when the taxi was attempting to join the convoy of other vehicles heading to Gamboru town. \u201cAll the four female passengers and the male driver died in the explosion,\u201d Isuku said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Death.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8957\" src=\"http:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Death-150x150.png\" alt=\"death\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He said that the bomber was suspected to have been picked by the driver on the road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suicide bomber who is reasonably believed to be one of the female casualties, was picked along the road,\u201d Isuku said.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, said that the explosion did not affect the other vehicles on the queues as everybody rushed out after the explosion.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>18 Killed As Bomb Blast Rocks Maiduguri Motor Park No fewer than 18 people\u00a0were killed and 20 wounded when a car bomb, believed to be the handiwork of Boko Haram, \u00a0 hit a convoy\u00a0\u00a0in the outskirt of the northeastern Borno state\u2019s capital of Maiduguri A witness said he saw 10 corpses at the scene of &hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":8957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17,624],"tags":[89,205,52],"coauthors":[2392,2393],"class_list":["post-8955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-crime","category-news","category-politics","tag-boko-haram","tag-crime","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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