LAGOS: As many as 60 people were killed in two separate suicide attacks in Nigeria, local media reported on Friday.
According to officials, two suicide bombers killed at least 12 people in the northeastern Nigerian town of Damaturu on Friday
The attackers, who were also killed in the blasts, struck near a Muslim prayer ground, he said, adding that the number of people wounded isn’t clear yet.
At least 48 people were killed and dozens more were wounded in two simultaneous bombings that ripped through a market in northeastern Nigeria on Thursday, a Red Cross official said.
One of the blasts was caused by a female suicide bomber, the other by a bomb hidden at the market in the city of Gombe, the official said.
At least 58 people were wounded by the explosions, which went off during a busy afternoon period at the market, according to the official.
