UPDATED: ‘At least 30 killed’ as suicide bombers hit Adamawa market

Multiple explosions ripped through a market in Madagali, Adamawa state, on Friday, killing “at least 30 people”.

Othman Abubakar, Adamawa police spokesman, who first confirmed the incident to TheCable, said he said he was on his way — alongside the commissioner police — to the scene of the blasts.

The number of casualties could not be immediately ascertained, but Badare Akintoye, a military spokesman, later said “at least 30 people have been killed in the suicide blasts carried out by two female suicide bombers in the market in the town of Madagali”.

He said two female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in the busy market.

Sa’ad Bello, coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency in charge of Adamawa and Taraba, confirmed twin bomb blasts in Madagali Market in Adamawa.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but Boko Haram has stepped up similar attacks on soft targets in the northeast.