Bombing at market

A TRIO of suicide bombers detonated at a crowded fish market in northern Nigeria, killing at least 20 people, police said Saturday.

The bombers, all believed to be female, left dozens wounded at the fish market in Konduga, just outside the state capital, Maiduguri. The city is the birthplace of the Boko Haram extremist insurgency and has been a frequent target.

The extremists have increasingly used women and youth as bombers, often after abducting and indoctrinating them.