Nigeria's Military: 3 Female Suicide Bombers Thwarted

Nigerian soldiers thwarted an attack Tuesday by three female suicide bombers from the Boko Haram extremist group, fatally shooting two as they tried to detonate their explosives near people who have fled their homes because of fighting, the military said. Two civilians were injured in the attack early Tuesday on the outskirts of Monguno town in northeast Nigeria, where Boko Haram is active, army Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman said in a statement.   Some of the bombers' explosives...

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