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One of the blasts hit a large market area in Maiduguri city in the north eastImage: Jossy Ola\/AP Photo\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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At least 23 people were killed in a series of suspected suicide bombings, police in Nigeria<\/a>‘s northeastern city of Maiduguri said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

More than 100 other people were injured in the blasts that took place on Monday evening in the capital of Nigeria’s restive Borno state<\/a>.<\/p>\n

No group has claimed responsibility for the suspected attacks.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0deadly blasts come after a military post was attacked overnight Sunday to Monday, which authorities blamed on suspected Islamist militants.<\/p>\n

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Maiduguri had not seen such violence in yearsImage: AFP<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What have police said about the blasts in Borno?<\/h2>\n

State police said that one of the blasts hit the busy Maiduguri Monday market, another hit\u00a0the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) gate, while a third struck near the post office.<\/p>\n

“Preliminary investigation reveals that the incidents were carried out by suspected suicide bombers,” state police spokesman Nahum Kenneth Daso said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Daso said 23 people had been killed, while 108 others “sustained varying degrees of injuries.”<\/p>\n

According to the spokesman, security forces were deployed to the affected areas, which have\u00a0been cordoned off and searched to rule out any additional threats.\u00a0“Normalcy has been fully restored,” Daso added.<\/p>\n

Jihadist insurgency in Borno state<\/h2>\n

Maiduguri is the capital of the northeastern Borno state, where Islamist groups like Boko Haram<\/a> and its offshoot Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have been active for nearly two decades.<\/p>\n

Their campaign to establish a caliphate in the country has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people and displaced millions across the country’s northeast.<\/p>\n

Until a few months ago, the city of Maiduguri had seen no major attack since 2021. But signs of the conflict remain in the city, with frequent\u00a0checkpoints and military patrols.<\/p>\n

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What’s driving young Nigerians into the arms of extremists?<\/h2>\n

Edited by: Karl Sexton<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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At least 23 people were killed in a series of suspected suicide bombings, police in Nigeria<\/a>‘s northeastern city of Maiduguri said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

More than 100 other people were injured in the blasts that took place on Monday evening in the capital of Nigeria’s restive Borno state<\/a>.<\/p>\n

No group has claimed responsibility for the suspected attacks.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0deadly blasts come after a military post was attacked overnight Sunday to Monday, which authorities blamed on suspected Islamist militants.<\/p>\n

\"Members
Maiduguri had not seen such violence in yearsImage: AFP<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What have police said about the blasts in Borno?<\/h2>\n

State police said that one of the blasts hit the busy Maiduguri Monday market, another hit\u00a0the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) gate, while a third struck near the post office.<\/p>\n

“Preliminary investigation reveals that the incidents were carried out by suspected suicide bombers,” state police spokesman Nahum Kenneth Daso said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Daso said 23 people had been killed, while 108 others “sustained varying degrees of injuries.”<\/p>\n

According to the spokesman, security forces were deployed to the affected areas, which have\u00a0been cordoned off and searched to rule out any additional threats.\u00a0“Normalcy has been fully restored,” Daso added.<\/p>\n

Jihadist insurgency in Borno state<\/h2>\n

Maiduguri is the capital of the northeastern Borno state, where Islamist groups like Boko Haram<\/a> and its offshoot Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have been active for nearly two decades.<\/p>\n

Their campaign to establish a caliphate in the country has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people and displaced millions across the country’s northeast.<\/p>\n

Until a few months ago, the city of Maiduguri had seen no major attack since 2021. But signs of the conflict remain in the city, with frequent\u00a0checkpoints and military patrols.<\/p>\n

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What’s driving young Nigerians into the arms of extremists?<\/h2>\n

Edited by: Karl Sexton<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

At least 23 people were killed in a series of suspected suicide bombings, police in Nigeria<\/a>‘s northeastern city of Maiduguri said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

More than 100 other people were injured in the blasts that took place on Monday evening in the capital of Nigeria’s restive Borno state<\/a>.<\/p>\n

No group has claimed responsibility for the suspected attacks.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0deadly blasts come after a military post was attacked overnight Sunday to Monday, which authorities blamed on suspected Islamist militants.<\/p>\n

State police said that one of the blasts hit the busy Maiduguri Monday market, another hit\u00a0the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) gate, while a third struck near the post office.<\/p>\n

“Preliminary investigation reveals that the incidents were carried out by suspected suicide bombers,” state police spokesman Nahum Kenneth Daso said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Daso said 23 people had been killed, while 108 others “sustained varying degrees of injuries.”<\/p>\n

According to the spokesman, security forces were deployed to the affected areas, which have\u00a0been cordoned off and searched to rule out any additional threats.\u00a0“Normalcy has been fully restored,” Daso added.<\/p>\n

Maiduguri is the capital of the northeastern Borno state, where Islamist groups like Boko Haram<\/a> and its offshoot Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have been active for nearly two decades.<\/p>\n

Their campaign to establish a caliphate in the country has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people and displaced millions across the country’s northeast.<\/p>\n

Until a few months ago, the city of Maiduguri had seen no major attack since 2021. But signs of the conflict remain in the city, with frequent\u00a0checkpoints and military patrols.<\/p>\n

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Edited by: Karl Sexton<\/em><\/p>\n

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