[Published: Monday July 17 2017]
'Suicide bomber kills eight' in Nigeria
Maiduguri, Nigeria 17 Jul (ANA) - A female suicide bomber has blown herself up at a mosque in Nigeria's north-eastern Maiduguri city, killing eight people and injuring 15 others, the head of the Borno state emergency management agency, Ahmed Satomi, has told AFP news agency.In another development, police in Nigeria say at least nine people have been killed and 10 others seriously injured by a gas explosion at a fuel complex in the south-east of the country. But eyewitnesses say 30 people died, the privately owned Vanguard newspaper reports. The reason for the explosion at the oil facility in Cross River is not yet clear. Local reports suggest that illegal attempts to siphon fuel may have been the cause. Fuel explosions are common in Nigeria, Africa's biggest oil producer, due to poor infrastructure and frequent looting from pipelines and tankers.(ANA)
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