30 dead in attack on Nigeria market: medic, witness Feb 20 12:59 PM US/Eastern Suspected Nigerian Islamists on Monday opened fire and set off bombs at a market in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, killing at least 30 people, a witness and a medical source said. "It's true the number of dead could not be less than 30," a Maiduguri hospital nurse told AFP. A witness gave a similar death toll.