Madagali suicide bombings

Madagali suicide bombings
Part of Boko Haram insurgency
Madagali
Madagali (Nigeria)
Location Madagali, Nigeria
Date 9 December 2016
Attack type
 Suicide bombing
Deaths 57
Non-fatal injuries
 177
Perpetrators

 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

The Madagali suicide bombings occurred on 9 December 2016 when 2 women suicide bombers attack 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

References

  1. ↑ http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-12/10/c_135895469.htm
  2. ↑ "Two suicide bombing killed 56 people in Nigeria". 9 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  3. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/12/10/world/africa/ap-af-nigeria-boko-haram.html
  4. ↑ "Toll rises to 57 in suicide bombings in northeast Nigeria". NBC News. Retrieved 2017-03-09.


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