Suicide bombers killed 17 people and injured 21 in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the police commissioner of Borno state said on Wednesday. It is the latest in a spate of suicide bomb attacks on the city in the last few weeks. Witnesses said four suicide bombers carried out attacks in the Molai district, which is around 5km from the city centre, on Tuesday night at around 2100 GMT. Damian Chukwu, the Borno state police commissioner said the suicide bombers were among the 17 killed. But insurgents continue to carry out suicide bombings and raids in northeast Nigeria, as well as in Cameroon and Niger.

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 12, 2017 11:15 UTC