29 Reported Killed in Nigerian Bomb Blasts

At least 29 people died and 60 were wounded in multiple bomb blasts near two bus stations in the northern Nigerian city of Gombe late Wednesday. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blasts, but they bore the hallmarks of the Islamic militant group Boko Haram, which has previously targeted crowded bus stations, markets, mosques and churches during its bloody six-year insurgency. At least 50 people died in two bombings at a market in the same city last Friday. The first...

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