Twenty-seven people have died after a female suicide bomber blew herself up at a market in northeastern Nigeria.
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Twenty-seven people have died after a female suicide bomber blew herself up at a market in northeastern Nigeria.
Two other suicide bombers detonated their devices outside a nearby refugee camp, wounding dozens of people.
The three explosions took place near the city of Maiduguri, the epicentre of the eight-year-long conflict between the Nigerian government and Islamist militants Boko Haram.
In total 83 people were wounded.
Victims of a female suicide bombing await treatment at Maiduguri hospital in Nigeria, after attacks kill 28 https://t.co/8CHRELpRov pic.twitter.com/2uOpht9xvT
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Government forces retook large swathes of territory from Boko Haram last year but the militants have struck back, killing at least 170 people since June.