NIGERIA
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Three suicide bombers killed at least 30 people in the northeast Nigerian state of Borno on Sunday, marking the deadliest attack by Islamist militants in the country this year.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. But both Boko Haram and Islamic State have previously carried out terrorist attacks in Borno during a decade-long insurgency that has claimed more than 30,000 lives, Reuters reported.
“Yesterday (Sunday) around 8 p.m. it was reported that there was a very loud explosion in (the village of) Konduga. On reaching the scene of the incident we found there was a lot of casualties. In fact, the death toll was over 30 and the injured over 42,” an emergency service official told the news agency.
The three suicide bombers targeted a crowd gathered to watch a soccer game on a large screen, the agency said, noting that Boko Haram regards the sport as corrupting and un-Islamic.
In response, President Muhammadu Buhari called for security measures to be put in place at such open-air screenings around the country, according to a spokesman.
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