At least 18 killed in northern Nigeria blasts

[Pelican Press 0]

At least 18 ******* in northern Nigeria blasts

At least 18 people have been ******* and 30 injured in a series of deadly blasts in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, officials say.

One of the suspected bombings is reported to have ******* six people and injured others at a wedding ceremony on Saturday.

The state’s emergency management agency said the suspected ******** ******** attacked a wedding, ******** and hospital in the town of Gwoza.

Borno state has been at the centre of a 15-year insurgency by Boko Haram Islamist militants, which has displaced more than two million people and ******* more than 40,000.

Boko Haram gained international notoriety in 2014 when

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from the town of Chibok, also in Borno state.

Authorities said 18 deaths had been confirmed on Saturday, a toll that included children, adults and pregnant women.

Some local media have reported a much higher toll – Nigeria’s Vanguard and This Day newspapers said at least 30 had been ******* in the blasts.

A curfew has been imposed by the military.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Gwoza was seized by Boko Haram in 2014, and taken back by the ********* forces in 2015 – but the group has since continued to carry out attacks and kidnappings near the town.

Last November,

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while returning from a ******** service in neighbouring Yobe state.

The ******* happened a day after militants ******* 17 people in a raid on Gurokayeya village, after villagers refused to pay a so-called harvest tax, police said.

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