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The bombings occurred in a market in near Maiduguri
Thomson Reuters
Posted: Aug 15, 2017 3:17 PM ET
Last Updated: Aug 15, 2017 3:17 PM ET
Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers killed at least 27 people and wounded 83 in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, local sources said.
A woman bomber blew herself up and killed 27 others at a market in the village of Konduga near Maiduguri, the epicentre of the conflict between government forces and the Islamist Boko Haram insurgents, according to a village head and an official from a regional militia.
Two suicide bombers also blew themselves up at the gates to a nearby refugee camp, with no others killed but many injured, said an emergency service official.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Boko Haram has used women and children in bombings before.
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