Boko Haram Islamic extremists struck a city and a town in
northeastern Nigeria with rocket-propelled grenades and multiple suicide
bombers Monday, killing at least 80 people, witnesses said.
In Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, at least 30 were
killed and more than 90 wounded in overnight blasts and shootouts, and another
20 died in a bombing outside a mosque at dawn Monday, said Muhammed Kanar, area
coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency.
A twin suicide bombing also killed at least 30 people in
Madagali, a town 150 kilometers (95 miles) southeast of Maiduguri, witnesses
said. Danladi Buba said two women blew themselves up at a market near a busy
bus station at about 9 a.m. Brig. Gen. Victor Ezugwu, the officer commanding in
northeast Adamawa State, confirmed the attack but said casualties have yet to
be established.
The attacks appear to be a challenge to President
Muhammadu Buhari's declaration last week that Nigerian security forces have
"technically won the war" against Boko Haram and that it is now
capable of no more than suicide bombings on soft targets.
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