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Bombs exploded successful astatine slightest 3 locations successful northeastern Nigeria's Borno State connected Monday (March 16, 2026) night, sidesplitting and injuring scores of people, the exigency services told The Associated Press, citing imaginable termination bombings.
Explosions were heard successful Maiduguri, the Borno authorities capital, wherever Nigeria's homegrown Boko Haram extremists person waged an insurgency for much than a decade.
The blasts occurred astatine the entranceway of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital and 2 section markets, known arsenic Post Office and the Monday Market, according to Sirajo Abdullahi, caput of operations astatine Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency, oregon NEMA, successful Maiduguri.
“There are casualties and they are inactive managing the causalities astatine the hospital,” Mr. Abdullahi said. “We can't springiness the existent fig until we count.” No radical has yet claimed work for the suspected bombings.
The Nigerian subject said successful a connection earlier it had repelled attacks by suspected Islamic militants successful the aboriginal hours of Monday connected the outskirts of Maiduguri.
For years, Nigeria has been battling a analyzable information situation from antithetic equipped groups, particularly successful the bluish portion of the country.
Extremist groups, including Boko Haram and 1 of its factions, person been blamed for intensified attacks targeting Nigeria's subject bases successful the northeast of the state this month. But attacks successful Maiduguri successful Borno state, which is the epicenter of Nigeria's 17-year conflict with extremist equipped groups, person been uncommon successful caller years aft subject operations.
Borno's Governor Babagana Umara Zulum said successful a connection Monday helium condemned successful the strongest presumption the explosions.
“My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims and those injured arsenic a effect of the blast. The enactment is utterly condemnable, barbaric and inhumane,” Mr. Zulum said.
He called connected residents to stay calm, spell astir their accustomed activities and study immoderate suspicious question oregon enactment to information agencies.
