Three suicide bombers blow themselves up outside Nigerian camp
Kano — Three women suicide bombers blew themselves up at the entrance to a camp for displaced people in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, killing 28 people and wounding 82, local sources said. The attack — the latest in a string of assaults in the troubled region — took place in the town of Mandarari, 25km from Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, said Baba Kura, a member of a vigilante force set up to fight jihadists. "Three female bombers triggered their explosive outside of the IDP [internally displaced persons] camp … killing 28 people and wounding 82 others," Kura said. The first assailant blew herself up, triggering panic, Kura said. "People were trying to close their shops when two other female bombers triggered their explosives, causing most of the casualties," he said. Ibrahim Liman, the head of a local anti-jihadist militia force, confirmed the details of the attack, and said that more than 80 injured had been taken to Maiduguri hospital. A source at the hospital said a "hug...
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