Nigeria: Dozens Killed As Three Bombs Hit Maiduguri

8 March 2015

Three explosions hit Maiduguri, yesterday, in what could be the worst attacks there since Islamist militants tried to seize it in January.

There was no immediate official word on casualties. A hospital source said dozens had been killed in the separate explosions and witnesses saw bodies being taken away from different blast sites. The attacks came on a day the military claimed to have recaptured two local government areas of Borno State from Boko Haram.

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