SAN FRANCISCO, December 28, (THEWILL) – At least 27 persons were killed and 41 injured in two suicide bomb attacks on Monday in Madagali town, Adamawa State.
The Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA) confirmed the figures through its Executive Secretary, Mallam Haruna Furo.
He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in an open-air market located in a motor park in Madagali.
The injured have are being treated at a local hospital.
THEWILL reports that the Boko Haram, a terrorist Islamic group with Sunni affiliations, which recently pledged allegiance to ISIS, has been hitting soft targets since the military degraded its capacity and pushed members further inside the Sambisa Forest.
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