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Nigeria: Suicide bombings kill 13 in Maiduguri
[DW] Suicide bombings carried out by as many as three attackers have killed 13 people in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri. The attack follows army claims that Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...forces of Evil are nearing defeat. Threejacket wallah'> Residents buying their evening meal at a small restaurant were killed by the first female bomber late Sunday evening, local time, according to a military source quoted by AFP. Two other bombers detonated their devices minutes later, leaving another 16 persons maimed, making the attacks the deadliest in over a month, according to police commissioner quoted by Rooters. There were no immediate claims of responsibility. Those accounts resemble an attack in August on a market near Maiduguri by assailants described as females. AFP's report on Sunday's bombings said hours beforehand "a lot of Boko Haram members" had been sighted outside the city. Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria's Borno state, is sheltering hundreds of thousands displaced by eight years of attacks by Boko Haram. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-10-23 |
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