Madagali suicide bombings
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| Madagali suicide bombings | |
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| Part of the Boko Haram insurgency | |
The Madagali suicide bombings occurred on 9 December 2016 when 2 women suicide bombers attacked Madagali, a town in Nigeria.[1] The attack killed at least 57 people and injured 177.[2][3] Among those individuals injured 120 were reported to be children. "Officials have blamed the Boko Haram Islamic extremists."[4]
See also
[edit]- List of Islamist terrorist attacks
- List of terrorist incidents in December 2016
- List of terrorist incidents linked to ISIL
- Number of terrorist incidents by country
- Timeline of ISIL-related events (2016)
References
[edit]- ^ the original on 2016-12-11.
- ^ Hazzad, Emmanuel Ande (9 December 2016). "Two suicide bombing killed 56 people in Nigeria". Reuters. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ the original on 2016-12-11.
- ^ "Toll rises to 57 in suicide bombings in northeast Nigeria". NBC News. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
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