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Multiple suicide blasts shatter calm in Maiduguri as witnesses recount horror

Authorities say investigations are ongoing, as security forces tighten controls across Maiduguri amid concerns that the fragile peace in the region may be unraveling.

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00:02Casualties were brought to hospitals after bomb attacks struck Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria,
00:08marking a deadly return of large-scale violence to a city that has enjoyed years of relative calm.
00:16Eyewitness Modu Buka described scenes of panic as the blast unfolded.
00:24We were sitting when we suddenly heard a loud explosion.
00:29Everyone immediately started running in fear.
00:31Later, we learned that the other explosion near the post office was also caused by a man carrying a bomb.
00:37White people were still fleeing another explosion occurred around the post office area.
00:42As chaos spread, residents turned into first responders helping evacuate victims to nearby medical facilities,
00:50including the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.
00:53Some of the injured, as well as the bodies of those who lost their lives, were taken to the teaching
00:58hospital.
00:59We helped transport them.
01:01However, the number of people injured and those who died was so large that we cannot even estimate the exact
01:07figure.
01:07From what I personally saw with my own eyes, there were at least 10 bodies on the ground.
01:13Honestly, I didn't count them one by one because I could not bear to do so.
01:19But there were many dead, and the number of injured people were even higher.
01:23Authorities say investigations are ongoing.
01:25As security forces tighten controls across my degree,
01:29Amid concerns that the fragile peace in the region may be unraveling.
01:33As очng the sword for the enemy to come.
01:35After an obvious witness, it is not going to be afraid of.
01:35The first thing is happening is the fact that the alien to be the one who is dead.
01:35The second thing is possible for us to see the alien of the people who live in the same direction.
01:35You
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