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Twin bomb blasts kill 13 in Nigeria

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ANI Maiduguri [Nigeria]
Last Updated : Oct 23 2017 | 7:22 AM IST

At least 13 people were killed and several others injured in twin bomb blasts in the restive northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Sunday.

Anadolu news agency quoted Police Commissioner, Damian Chukwu as saying that that three suicide bombers suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents detonated IEDs (Improvised explosive devises) at different locations, killing themselves and 13 other locals.

The first blast occurred at a bus station in Muna Garage.

The other one took place a few metres away from the first explosion at Muna Dalti.

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First Published: Oct 23 2017 | 7:19 AM IST

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