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Girl (10) detonates bomb in Nigeria

───   07:36 Sun, 11 Jan 2015

Girl (10) detonates bomb in Nigeria | News Article

Maiduguri - A bomb strapped to a young girl exploded in a busy market place in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than 20.

Security forces say the child was around 10 years old.
 
Reuters reports the northeastern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa are bearing the brunt of a five-year-old insurgency by Boko Haram, which wants to revive a medieval caliphate in Nigeria.
 
Last year more than 10,000 people died in the violence, according to an estimate by the Council on Foreign Relations.
 
Reuters

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