Terrorist attacks in Maroua, President Paul BIYA reassures population

On Wednesday, 22 July 2015, two separate criminal blasts perpetrated by two suicide bombers occured at 2.30. p.m. in the Bamaré neighbourhood in Maroua and at the entrance of the city's main market. The attacks killed 13 (thirteen) people, including the two suicide bombers, and injured 32 (thirty-two) others. The President of the Republic, His Excellency