Multiple suicide bomb explosions hit Nigeria (VIDEO)
Nigeria’s army has blamed Boko Haram militants for deadly explosions at three locations in the state of Borno Read Full Article at RT.com
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More than 20 people have been killed in blasts carried out by suspected Boko Haram militants in Maiduguri, the authorities have said
At least 23 people have been killed and 108 injured after a series of suspected suicide bomb attacks struck Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State, officials have confirmed.
State police said the “suspected suicide IED explosions” occurred at a market, the gate of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, and the city’s post office area at about 7:24 PM local time on Monday.
“Preliminary investigation reveals that the incidents were carried out by suspected suicide bombers,” police spokesperson Nahum Kenneth Daso said. He added that “normalcy has been fully restored” in the affected areas, amid heightened security across Maiduguri and the surrounding districts.
Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum said the attacks were “utterly condemnable, barbaric, and inhumane.”
No group has claimed responsibility. However, Maiduguri lies at the heart of a long-running insurgency by Boko Haram and its rival offshoot, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), both of which operate across Borno State and the wider Lake Chad region.
