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35 dead in NE Nigeria suicide attacks: state govt

By AFP
Nigeria Internally Displaced Persons stand waiting for food at Dikwa Camp, in Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria, on February 2, 2016.  By  AFPFile
FEB 10, 2016 LISTEN
Internally Displaced Persons stand waiting for food at Dikwa Camp, in Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria, on February 2, 2016. By (AFP/File)

Maiduguri (Nigeria) (AFP) - At least 35 people were killed in a twin suicide bomb attack at a camp for people displaced by Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, the head of the Borno state emergency management agency told AFP.

"We recovered 35 dead bodies and 78 injured following the attack on Dikwa IDP (internally displaced persons camp) on Tuesday morning," Satomi Ahmed said.

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