Sixty dead in suicide blasts in Nigeria Two explosions by female bombers hit crowded market in Maiduguri in the northeast of the country.

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Sixty dead in suicide blasts in Nigeria

Two explosions by female bombers hit crowded market in Maiduguri in the northeast of the country.

Last updated: 25 Nov 2014 15:11
Two explosions at a crowded market in northeastern Nigeria have killed at least 60 people.
The twin bomb blasts, thought to have been carried out by female suicide bombers, hit a market in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state.
"After the first explosion happened and people started to gather, a second explosion took place," Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh, reporting from Abuja, said.
Soldiers and police officers cordoned off the area while rescue workers helped survivors to the hospital.
Hospitals have been flooded with injured residents, Al Jazeera sources said.
No end in sight: Boko Haram's bloody legacy
No official statements have been issued yet.
Maiduguri is a stronghold for the armed group Boko Haram. Borno state is one of the three states in northeastern Nigeria that are under a state of emergency because of the ongoing violence.
Towns seized
Also on Tuesday, government and security sources told AFP that Boko Haram had taken over another town in Nigeria's northeast.
Maina Ma'aji Lawan, who represents Borno in Nigeria's senate, said the group was in control of the border town of Damasak.
Nigerian soldiers and hundreds of residents fled across the frontier to seek sanctuary when the heavily armed fighters opened fire on traders on Monday morning, he said.
"There is not a single male in Damasak," Lawan said. "Boko Haram is in control because all males and soldiers have fled."
Boko Haram has seized more than two dozen towns in Borno and neighbouring Yobe and Adamawa states, marking a change in strategy from its previous trademark of deadly hit-and-run strikes or high-profile strikes against government, police or military targets.
The group wants to create an Islamic state in northeastern Nigeria and has seized several towns
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Sixty dead in suicide blasts in Nigeria
Two explosions by female bombers hit crowded market in Maiduguri in the northeast of the country.

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