Nigeria violence: Female suicide bombers kill 27
Three female suicide bombers have
carried out an attack that has killed at least 27 people in
north-eastern Nigeria, officials say.
Dozens were injured when the
women blew themselves up outside a refugee camp near Maiduguri in Borno
state - a stronghold of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
There has been an upsurge in violence in the city in recent months.
Boko Haram has been fighting to set up an Islamic state since 2009.
A report published by US anti-terrorist researchers last week said it is the first insurgency in history to use more women suicide bombers than men.
Baba Kura, a member of a vigilante force set up to fight the
jihadists, told AFP news agency on Tuesday that the first bomber blew
herself up near the camp, triggering panic.
"People were trying to
close their shops when two other female bombers triggered their
explosives, causing most of the casualties," he said.
Last year, Nigeria's government said that Boko Haram had been defeated.
But
correspondents say that the army is failing to stop the attacks, and
people have continued to flee their homes in Borno State and poured into
camps.
BBC
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