OMG! 28 Killed, 82 Injured As Female Suicide Bombers Attack IDPs Camp In Maiduguri (Photo)

Injured victims lie on the floor awaiting medical attention as beds were no longer available at a Maiduguri hospital in northeastern Nigeria.

Three women suicide bombers blew themselves up at the entrance to a camp for Internally displaced people in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, killing 28 people and wounding 82.

The attack which is the latest in a string of assaults in the troubled region took place in the town of Mandarari, 25 kilometres (15 miles) from Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, said Baba Kura, a member of a vigilante force set up to fight jihadists.

The head of a local anti-jihadist militia force, Ibrahim Liman, confirmed the details of the attack, and said that more than 80 injured had been taken to Maiduguri hospital.