Suspected Islamists kill 29 in Nigeria bombing - witnesses


  • World
  • Wednesday, 15 Jan 2014

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - A car bomb killed at least 29 people on Tuesday in Nigeria's north-eastern city of Maiduguri, the epicentre of an Islamist revolt, witnesses said.

No one claimed responsibility for the blast. But militant sect Boko Haram, founded in the city, has repeatedly attacked schools, churches and government and military targets in its four-year-old campaign.

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