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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