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Five suicide bombers detonated their explosives in Nigeria’s north-eastern city of Maiduguri, killing themselves and injuring several other people, emergency officials said on Monday.
This is the first suicide bomb attack in the city in nearly two months.
Residents are reported to say that they heard several loud explosions around the city overnight.
Officials say three female and two male suicide bombers targeted Kaleri district where there are many residential buildings and a market.
One of the attackers blew herself up at the entrance of a residential building.
They killed themslves and injured at least three civilians, police say.
No group has said it carried out the attacks but Boko Haram insurgents are known to operate in the region.
