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Nigeria: Multiple blasts hit Maiduguri, 50 killed

08 Mar 2015, 01:12 pm Print

Nigeria: Multiple blasts hit Maiduguri, 50 killed
Maiduguri, Mar 7 (JEN): At least 50 people were killed and more than 55 others were hurt as at least five blasts rocked Nigeria's Maiduguri city on Saturday, media reports said.

"Two crowded markets and a busy bus station were targeted by suicide bombers," a witnesses was quoted as saying by BBC.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.

The city was once militant group Boko Haram's stronghold.

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