Many dies in Nigeria suicide attack

Suicide bombers have killed at least 15 people and injured 21 in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, police officials confirmed.

The incident is the latest in a spate of suicide bomb attacks on the city in the past few weeks. Borno, of which Maiduguri is the capital, is the Nigerian state worst affected by eight years of attacks by the Boko Haram group.

Borno state police commissioner Damian Chukwu told reporters that most of the victims were civilians manning security posts. "The bombers detonated IEDs (improvised explosive devices) strapped to their bodies at different locations of the area, killing 19 people, including the bombers," he said. "A total of 23 people were injured."

UCJ, UNILORIN.