Explosion Kills 32 in Nigerian Market

A nighttime suicide bombing Tuesday in a parking lot and market in northeastern Nigeria killed at least 32 people and wounded 80, emergency management officials said. The explosion struck after dark in the city of Yola. No one immediatedly claimed responsibility, but suspicion fell on Boko Haram, the Islamic insurgent group that has killed thousands in a bloody campaign to turn Nigeria into a strict Islamic state. This was the first suspected Boko Haram attack in Nigeria in several...

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