Suicide Bombers Kill 58 People in Northeast Nigeria Attack
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At least 58 people were killed when two suicide bombers detonated explosives at a camp for displaced people in the northeast Nigerian town of Dikwa on Tuesday, according to the country’s emergency agency.
The blasts also injured at least 78 people who are currently being treated at a hospital in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state about 55 miles from Dikwa, Sani Datti, a spokesman for Nigeria’s emergency agency, said by phone. Dikwa hosts about 73,000 people who have fled violence in the northeast.