Hand of Boko Haram suspected as three suicide
bombings across Damaturu in Yobe state kill 18 and
injure dozens more.
At least 18 people have been killed and dozens more
injured in attacks in Nigeria, according to police.
In addition to the deaths, dozens more were injured in
the three separate suicide bombings carried out on
Wednesday across Damaturu, the capital Yobe state in
northeast Nigeria, police told Al Jazeera.
The blasts targeted a mosque, a shop and a Fulani
settlement on the city's outskirts.
The blasts came after Boko Haram fighters this week
claimed to have carried out three suicide attacks on the
outskirts of the capital, Abuja, last Friday that left 18
dead and 41 injured.
Suspicion will probably fall on the armed group, who
have repeatedly attacked Damaturu during their six-
year insurgency.
Last month, a girl thought to be aged 12 killed six and
injured 47 when the explosives she was carrying went
off outside a bus station in Damaturu.
Boko Haram has reverted to attacking "soft" civilian
targets after last year's land grab that saw it seize
towns and villages across Yobe and neighbouring
Borno and Adamawa states.
Nigeria's military has claimed a series of successes
against the insurgents and, on Wednesday, claimed to
have killed scores during clashes with troops south of
Damaturu.
Colonel Sani Usman, Nigerian army spokesperson, said
fighters attempted to attack a battalion of soldiers in
Goniri, about 60km by road southeast of Damaturu, in
the early hours of Wednesday.
"During the encounter our gallant troops successfully
repelled the attacked and inflicted heavy casualty on
the invading terrorists as all of them were killed," he
said in a statement.
"On the last count over 100 terrorists bodies were
seen."
Seven soldiers were killed and nine others injured in
the fighting, which also saw troops recover arms and
ammunition, including primed improvised explosive
devices.
Three-month deadline
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has set his
military commanders a three-month deadline to early
November to end the violence, which has left at least
17,000 dead since 2009.
But he has conceded that bomb and suicide attacks in
urban areas could continue.
More than 1,260 people have been killed since he took
office on May 29, according to an AFP tally.
Boko Haram has, meanwhile, continued to attack
neighbouring Chad, Niger and Cameroon.
On Tuesday, 11 soldiers were killed and 13 injured in a
Boko Haram attack on Chadian positions across the
border.
At least 17 insurgents were also killed in the pre-dawn
strike, Chad's army said.
Suicide attacks on Sunday in the city of Diffa, in
southeast Niger, killed a gendarme and five civilians.


http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/deadly-blasts-rock-northern-nigeria-151007091313706.html

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This one na old news na. Only God knows how many unreported ones don happen again since then.

Launcher:

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has set his
military commanders a three-month deadline to early
November to end the violence, which has left at least
17,000 dead since 2009.
But he has conceded that bomb and suicide attacks in
urban areas could continue.

This part got me, if suicide attacks continues after the 3 month deadline, is that victory?



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