2 strong blasts hit Nigeria's Boko Haram stronghold

Two explosions blasted a crowded marketplace in northeastern Maiduguri city Saturday night, and many are feared killed and wounded in the birthplace of Nigeria's Boko Haram terrorist network, Nigerian local media reported.Bloodied people screaming for help were running out of buildings billowing with smoke, they said. Trader Mallam Samalia said some people were blown apart.The second blast caught people trying to help those injured in the first explosion in the Bintu-Suga neighbourhood of the Ngomari suburb, he said.The second blast caught people trying to help those injured in the first explosion in the Bintu-Suga neighborhood of the Ngomari suburb, he said. It appeared to be a car bomb, from a pickup truck loaded with wood, Samalia told The Associated Press by telephone. "I'm seeing people carrying bloody bodies," he said. "There are parts of bodies littering the street."Mechanic Yahaya Adamu said he was on his way home when he heard the blasts, two minutes apart. "There's black smoke everywhere now," he said. "I'm running home to see if my family is safe."