Three Suicide Bombers Kill 18 People In Northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri: Police

22 others were injured in the attack that took place at a fish market on Friday at around 8:00 p.m said a state police commissioner.

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Three Suicide Bombers Kill 18 People In Northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri: Police

The attack took place on the outskirts of the state capital at around 8:00pm (Representational)

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria:  Three suicide bombers killed 18 people late on Friday in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, epicentre of the Islamist militant Boko Haram insurgency, the state police commissioner said.

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Damian Chukwu, Borno state police commissioner, on Saturday said the attack took place at a fish market on the outskirts of the state capital at around 8:00 p.m. (1900 GMT) on Friday and also injured 22 other people.
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