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35 dead in NE Nigeria suicide attacks

Published: 11 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am | Last Updated: 17 Nov 2021 - 05:13 pm

 

Maiduguri, Nigeria: At least 35 people were killed in a twin suicide bomb attack at a camp for people displaced by Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, the head of the Borno state emergency management agency told AFP.

"We recovered 35 dead bodies and 78 injured following the attack on Dikwa IDP (internally displaced persons camp) on Tuesday morning," Satomi Ahmed said.

AFP