Accidental blast kills 13 in north-east Nigeria: Health official, vigilantes

June 17, 2015 21:22

At least 13 people were killed and 53 others injured in north-east Nigeria when an explosive device detonated, a health official and vigilantes helping the military against Boko Haram said Wednesday.

The device was picked up by one of the vigilantes as they travelled back to the town of Monguno, in Borno state, from a military operation against the Islamists in Marte, 40km away.

Salisu Kwaya Bura, chief medical director at the Maiduguri Specialist Hospital in Borno's state capital where the dead and injured were taken, said 13 people lost their lives.

A total of 53 people were injured, of whom 37 were later discharged, he told Borno state governor Kashim Shettima.

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