Madagali suicide bombings
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Madagali suicide bombings | |
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Part of the Boko Haram insurgency | |
![]() ![]() Madagali Madagali (Nigeria) | |
Location | Madagali, Adamawa State, Nigeria |
Date | 9 December 2016 |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
Deaths | 57 |
Injured | 177 |
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The Madagali suicide bombings occurred on 9 December 2016 when 2 women suicide bombers attack Madagali, a town in Nigeria.[1] The attack killed at least 57 people and injured 177.[2][3] Among those individuals injured 120 were reported to be children. "Officials have blamed the Boko Haram Islamic extremists."[4]
See also[]
- List of Islamist terrorist attacks
- List of terrorist incidents in December 2016
- List of terrorist incidents linked to ISIL
- Number of terrorist incidents by country
- Timeline of ISIL-related events (2016)
References[]
- ^ http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-12/10/c_135895469.htm
- ^ Hazzad, Emmanuel Ande (9 December 2016). "Two suicide bombing killed 56 people in Nigeria". Reuters. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/12/10/world/africa/ap-af-nigeria-boko-haram.html
- ^ "Toll rises to 57 in suicide bombings in northeast Nigeria". NBC News. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
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