Millennium Post

THREE DEAD AS SUICIDE BLASTS ROCK NIGERIA MIGRANT CAMP

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KANO: At least four suicide blasts rocked a camp for migrants fleeing Boko Haram insurgents in restive northeaste­rn Nigeria on Wednesday, killing at least three people and wounding 20, officials said. The bombings triggered fires which burned down tents in the vast Muna camp on the outskirts of the city of Maiduguri, camp coordinato­r Tijjani Lumani said. “There were four explosions inside the camp. The bombers struck at different locations around 4:30 am,” he said. Emergency services put the number of bombings at five. “A total of five suicide bombers, all male adults, were involved in the incidents, killing three persons,” Abdulkadir Ibrahim of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the region said.

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