Suicide Bombers Kill Eight People in Nigerian City of Maiduguri
Officials load the body of a victim in Maiduguri, on Feb.16.
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Three suicide bombers killed eight people in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday morning, according to police. The attack happened hours after the nation delayed a general election scheduled for the same day.
Suspected militants of the Boko Haram Islamist group entered an area near a mosque with guns and explosives strapped to their bodies at about 5:40 a.m., Damian Chukwu, a police spokesman, said by text message. The three bombers also died in the attack.