MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Suspected suicide bombers killed at least 12 people and injured 26 others on Monday in northeast Nigeria’s state of Borno, epicenter of the Islamist militant Boko Haram insurgency, the chairman of the local emergency agency said.
The attacks are the latest in a series of bombings in the restive northeast that have killed at least 200 people since June 1, according to a Reuters tally.
“Three suicide bomber infiltrated a settlement called Mashimari, in Konduga Local Government,” said Ahmed Satomi, chairman of Borno’s State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA). The area is around 35 kilometers southeast of the state capital, Maiduguri.
Another SEMA official said the suicide bombers joined a gathering of farmers in Mashimari before detonating their devices around 11:45 a.m. (1045 GMT) as they mingled with the group.
Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but the use of suicide bombers is a hallmark of Boko Haram.
Boko Haram, which is trying to create an Islamic state in the Lake Chad region that includes northeast Nigeria, has killed more than 20,000 people and caused over two million to flee their homes since 2009.
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3 suicide bombers kill 12 in Nigeria, emergency agency says
3 suicide bombers kill 12 in Nigeria, emergency agency says
Four injured, including three children in Russian attack on Odesa, Ukraine says
Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Ukraine’s Odesa region, damaging residential buildings and infrastructure and injuring four people, including three children, regional authorities said on Wednesday. Odesa, a major Black Sea port, has been repeatedly targeted by Russian missiles and drones during nearly four years of war, with strikes frequently hitting energy, transport and port infrastructure as well as residential areas.
“Strike drones attacked residential, logistics and energy infrastructure in our region,” Oleh Kiper, governor of the Odesa region, said on the Telegram messaging app.
In Odesa city, which is the administrative center of the broader Odesa region, four people were injured, including a seven-month-old infant, two other children, and a 42-year-old man, Serhiy Lisak, the head of Odesa’s military administration, said on Telegram.
He said that drone debris and direct hits damaged facades and windows of several high-rise apartment buildings.
Lisak posted images showing smoke billowing from a multi-story apartment building at night, with flames visible in several windows and what appears to be a firefighter’s water jet aimed at the facade.
Reuters could not independently verify the reports. There was no immediate comment from Russia about the attacks on Odesa.
“Strike drones attacked residential, logistics and energy infrastructure in our region,” Oleh Kiper, governor of the Odesa region, said on the Telegram messaging app.
In Odesa city, which is the administrative center of the broader Odesa region, four people were injured, including a seven-month-old infant, two other children, and a 42-year-old man, Serhiy Lisak, the head of Odesa’s military administration, said on Telegram.
He said that drone debris and direct hits damaged facades and windows of several high-rise apartment buildings.
Lisak posted images showing smoke billowing from a multi-story apartment building at night, with flames visible in several windows and what appears to be a firefighter’s water jet aimed at the facade.
Reuters could not independently verify the reports. There was no immediate comment from Russia about the attacks on Odesa.
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