Six killed in an explosion in northeastern Nigeria
An improvised explosive device explosion in a region in the northeast of Nigeria left at least six dead. |
According to the report of Fars News Agency, local authorities and the Nigerian police announced on Sunday that at least six students were killed after an improvised explosive device embedded in iron scrap exploded in an area in northeastern Nigeria.
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Reuters news agency wrote that these students, who were between 13 and 15 years old, took the improvised explosive device along with scrap iron and placed it in a half-finished building in an Islamic school in Gubio district of Borno state.
The state of Borno is one of the unstable states of Nigeria, which has been the scene of numerous terrorist attacks by extremist militia elements in recent years.
A local official in Gobio said the bomb exploded when the students were trying to sell iron scraps and killed them. but did not provide more details.
Early last December, the Nigerian authorities announced the death of dozens of citizens of this country during three days of attacks by bandits on villages.
The local authorities of Nigeria announced on the 5th of December that more than 100 people in the center of this African country were killed in a series of bloody attacks on villages.
Mandi Kasa, the head of the local government. In Bukus, located in Plateau State, he said: “At least 113 bodies have been found during these conflicts.” Is. It is estimated that 30,000 armed bandits are present in this area. Nigerian government officials have announced that the bandits are connected with the terrorist group Boko Haram.
Boko Haram launched a bloody insurgency and war in northeastern Nigeria in 2009 and gradually expanded the scope of its attacks. expanded to neighboring countries. This terrorist group also announced its connection and allegiance with ISIS in 2015.
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