A truck exploded in the early hours of Tuesday causing a huge fireball which killed at least 17 people in Maiduguri, Nigeria. The attack is the latest in a city repeatedly hit by Boko Haram fighters.
The bomb rocked Maiduguri's largest roundabout near the crowded Market where elderly women line the road selling peanuts and kola nuts as snacks to morning commuters.
An eye witness said the bomb went off just after the market opened at 8am before most traders or customers had arrived.
The AFP news agency reported that the crowds tried to attack firefighters deployed to the scene, accusing them of arriving too slowly and hindering their efforts to put out the raging blaze.
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