Two schoolgirls turned on suicide have left 30 dead and several wounded in a coordinated attack on a crowded market in northeast Nigeria city, Madagali, according to that announces a military spokesman on Friday.
Shocking event bears the stamp of the militant Islamic group Boko Haram, who have launched a wave of attacks across the country with the aim to establish a state under the laws of the strictest interpretations of Islamic laws. However, no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
"The attack on Madagali is performed by two schoolgirls. They detonated two bombs at the same time, killing 30 people, including his own them, "said Maj Akintoye Badar, a spokesman for the military unit deployed in the town of Mubi.
According to him, 57 people were injured in the bomb attacks occurred in Adamawa state. Boko Haram has regularly targeted crowded areas such as markets, places of worship and refugee camps, through forms of suicide in northeastern Nigeria, but also in Cameroon and Niger.
Jihadist group has killed about 15 thousand people so far, and forced to relocate from their homes over two million people.
The Nigerian military has shifted towards the militants of this group in their stronghold Sambisa forests, over the last months. Still, Friday's attack shows once again their ability to undertake Boko Haram attacks, although their frequency has already fallen.
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