Cameroon's soldiers patrol near a tank in the Cameroonian town of Fotokol, on the border with Nigeria, on February 3, 2015. Boko Haram fighters killed nearly 70 civilians and six soldiers in Fotokol on February 4, 2015, a Cameroonian security source told AFP. The attack came a day after Chad sent troops across the border to flush the jihadists out of the Nigerian town of Gamboru, which lies some 500 metres (yards) from Fotokol on the other side of a bridge. (AFP)

By Reuters

Published Friday, July 31, 2015

Blast kills 5 in Nigeria market

At least five people were killed by a bomb in Gamboru market in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri on Friday morning, a policeman and a rescue worker said.

Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, is frequently targeted by Boko Haram.

A hospital source said a dozen people were brought in with injuries as well as four bodies so far.

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