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Post by sevenofnine on May 30, 2015 19:29:10 GMT -5
Dude this is breaking
suspected suicide bomber has blown himself up inside a mosque in Nigeria's Maiduguri city killing at least 16 people, local sources said, after a night-time attack by Boko Haram fighters on the outskirts of the city.
The attacks on Saturday occurred a day after the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari, who swore to crush the armed group and move the command centre for military operations away from the capital Abuja to Maiduguri.
"A male bomber suspected to be Boko Haram is said to have entered a mosque near the [Monday] Market to detonate," a military source told the Reuters news agency
More than 30 people were wounded, according to hospital sources.
Earlier, Boko Haram fighters killed at least 10 people as they tried to advance onto a town near Maiduguri.
Al Jazeera's sources in the area reported the killings by the fighters
www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/05/nigeria-boko-haram-deadly-attack-northern-town-150530084133682.html
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