MAIDUGURI, Nigeria—Four women suicide
bombers blew themselves up early Friday when
challenged by soldiers as they tried to enter
Maiduguri, Nigeria, killing at least 18 people and
themselves, civilian defense fighters, the
National Emergency Management Agency and
witnesses said.
bombers blew themselves up early Friday when
challenged by soldiers as they tried to enter
Maiduguri, Nigeria, killing at least 18 people and
themselves, civilian defense fighters, the
National Emergency Management Agency and
witnesses said.
The explosions happened at dawn Friday, just
hours after two bombs exploded near a mosque
in Maiduguri, killing at least 30 people.
hours after two bombs exploded near a mosque
in Maiduguri, killing at least 30 people.
The agency’s northeast Nigeria coordinator,
Muhammed Kanar, said 20 people were
wounded in that earlier attack, some critically.
Muhammed Kanar, said 20 people were
wounded in that earlier attack, some critically.
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Boko Haram Islamic extremists are suspected of
being behind the attack.
being behind the attack.
The series of suicide bomb attacks comes even
as President Muhammadu Buhari says that he
expects the “final routing of Boko Haram as an
organized fighting force” by year’s end.
as President Muhammadu Buhari says that he
expects the “final routing of Boko Haram as an
organized fighting force” by year’s end.
Nigeria’s army chief indicated a major offensive
is imminent.
is imminent.
“The next few days will be crucial,” he said in a
message to troops. “Our ability to stand and
defeat the Boko Haram terrorists in the next
few weeks will determine the future of our
country…(whose) sovereignty as a nation is
threatened.”
message to troops. “Our ability to stand and
defeat the Boko Haram terrorists in the next
few weeks will determine the future of our
country…(whose) sovereignty as a nation is
threatened.”
Boko Haram wants to enforce an Islamic state
with its extreme interpretation of Islamic law
across Nigeria—Africa’s biggest oil producer
with a population of about 170 million split
almost equally between Christians and Muslims
with its extreme interpretation of Islamic law
across Nigeria—Africa’s biggest oil producer
with a population of about 170 million split
almost equally between Christians and Muslims
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