At least seven people were killed and 20 others injured in a blast at a camp for people displaced by the Boko Haram conflict in northeast Nigeria, the country’s main relief agency said.
A homemade bomb planted inside a tent went off shortly before 11:00 am (local time) at the <g data-gr-id="13">Malkohi</g> internally displaced persons (IDP) camp near the Adamawa state capital, Yola.
“So far seven persons lost their lives and 20 persons were injured in the bomb blast,” a spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Sani <g data-gr-id="14">Datti</g>, said in a statement.
“Among the injured, seven were treated and discharged while 13 persons, including four NEMA officials, are still receiving treatment at (the) Federal Medical Centre, Yola.”
There was no immediate claim of <g data-gr-id="17">responsibility</g> but Boko Haram Islamists have previously hit “soft” civilian targets with improvised explosive devices (IEDs) or suicide attacks.