Kara community in Ogbaru, a town close to Onitsha in Anambra state was yesterday hit by a bomb blast at around 8:00pm.
According to eyewitness reports, the bomb went off in a local restuarant and was detonated by a middle aged man believed to have been from the Northern part of the country.
The eyewitness accounted that: “The bomber is a man who came to the area, mostly populated by Northerners, and asked for a restaurant to eat for N150. He was directed to the eatery where he dropped his bag and asked for food. He ended up taking a few spoons of the food and leaving the place,
“Unknown to the people, he left behind a bomb in his bag which was later detonated about 5 minutes after the mystery man left, and injured seven people including a woman identified as Chioma.”
The bomb blast left seven people injured and the victims have since been transported to a nearby private hospital identified as Chioma Hospital for medical attention.
“The bomber spoke in Hausa language, he looked haggard, like a traveler. Nobody suspected he had evil intentions,”
Another eyewitness told news agency The Trent, “I can’t believe Boko Haram has come to Anambra. This is terrible.”