Madagali suicide bombings

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Madagali suicide bombings
Part of the Boko Haram insurgency
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Madagali
Madagali (Nigeria)
Location Madagali, Adamawa State, Nigeria
Date9 December 2016
Attack type
Suicide bombing
Deaths57
Injured177
PerpetratorsAQMI Flag asymmetric.svg  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

The Madagali suicide bombings occurred on 9 December 2016 when 2 women suicide bombers attack Madagali, a town in Nigeria. [1] The attack killed at least 57 people and injured 177. [2] [3] Among those individuals injured 120 were reported to be children. "Officials have blamed the Boko Haram Islamic extremists." [4]

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References

  1. "Death toll of Nigeria suicide blasts rises to 56 - Xinhua | English.news.cn". news.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-11.
  2. Hazzad, Emmanuel Ande (9 December 2016). "Two suicide bombing killed 56 people in Nigeria". Reuters. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  3. "Toll Rises to 57 in Suicide Bombings in Northeast Nigeria - The New York Times". www.nytimes.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-11.
  4. "Toll rises to 57 in suicide bombings in northeast Nigeria". NBC News. Retrieved 2017-03-09.