KABUL (Pajhwok): At least 23 people have been killed and more than 100 others injured following multiple explosions in Maiduguri, a city in northeastern Nigeria, according to Al Jazeera.
The updated casualty figures were released on Tuesday, a day after the blasts occurred on Monday.
The explosions targeted the entrance of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital as well as two local markets—Post Office Market and Monday Market.
Sirajo Abdullahi, head of operations at Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Maiduguri, confirmed the toll.
“Preliminary investigations indicate that the attacks were carried out by suspected suicide bombers,” police spokesman Nahum Kenneth Daso said in a statement on Tuesday.
“Regrettably, a total of twenty-three (23) people lost their lives, while one hundred and eight (108) others sustained varying degrees of injuries,” he added.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks.
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