18 dead in suicide attacks in Nigeria

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At least 18 people were killed and 19 seriously injured in multiple suicide attacks in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday. The targets of the attacks: A wedding, a funeral and a hospital where victims were taken.

The region has been plagued by the terror of the jihadist group Boko Haram for over ten years, but it is not known if the group was behind the attacks.

In the wedding attack in the town of Gwoza, a woman with a small child on her back detonated a bomb, according to a state police spokesperson.

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