People gather at the scene of a car bomb explosion in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. The explosion seemed to target a taxi filled with passengers in northeast Nigeria on Wednesday, in the deadliest bombing to hit the area’s largest city in several months, officials and witnesses said. (Jossy Ola/Associated Press)MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — An explosion targeted a passenger-filled taxi in northeastern Nigeria’s largest city on Wednesday, killing eight people in the deadliest bombing there in several months, officials said. Northeastern Nigeria is the epicenter of the Boko Haram extremist group’s seven-year uprising that has claimed more than 20,000 lives. Maiduguri city had been spared deadly bombings in recent months as soldiers were able to shoot suicide attackers before they reached their targets.

Source: Washington Post October 12, 2016 11:09 UTC