{"id":84573,"date":"2024-06-30T15:41:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T15:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/30\/at-least-18-killed-in-co-ordinated-attacks-by-suspected-female-suicide-bombers\/"},"modified":"2024-06-30T15:41:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T15:41:07","slug":"at-least-18-killed-in-co-ordinated-attacks-by-suspected-female-suicide-bombers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/30\/at-least-18-killed-in-co-ordinated-attacks-by-suspected-female-suicide-bombers\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 18 killed in co-ordinated attacks by suspected female suicide bombers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At least 18 people were killed and 30 more injured in co-ordinated attacks by suspected female suicide bombers in Nigeria, local authorities said.<\/p>\n

The first suspect detonated an explosive device during a marriage celebration in the north-eastern Nigerian<\/a><\/strong> town of Gwoza on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Minutes later, another explosion went off near a hospital and then a third attack took place at a funeral service.<\/p>\n

The suspect at the funeral service was dressed as a mourner, according to the state emergency agency.<\/p>\n

Children and pregnant women were among those killed and 19 of those injured are seriously hurt.<\/p>\n

“I have mobilised emergency drugs to complement the shortage of drugs in Gwoza,” said Barkindo Saidu, director-general of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency.<\/p>\n

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Nigeria’s president condemned the attacks saying his “government will not allow the nation to slither into an era of fear, tears, sorrow, and blood”, according to a statement posted online.<\/p>\n

No one claimed responsibility for the attacks, but Borno state has been heavily affected by an insurgency launched in 2009 by Boko Haram<\/a><\/strong>, an Islamic extremist group.<\/p>\n

In the past, the group used women and girls in suicide bombings, prompting suspicions some are from the many thousands they have kidnapped over the years.<\/p>\n

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Mr Saidu said the degree of injuries ranged from abdominal ruptures to skull and limb fractures.<\/p>\n

Authorities imposed a curfew in the city, and the community remained on high alert following reports of another suspected bomber in Pulka, a town just over a mile (2km) away from Gwoza.<\/p>\n

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Gwoza is located a few miles from Chibok, in southern Borno, where 276 schoolgirls were abducted in 2014. Nearly 100 are still in captivity.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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