Female suicide bombers kill eight at refugee camp in northeast Nigeria

The grouping wants to produce a posit adhering to rigid shariah. "Two distaff felo-de-se bombers who were initially cerebration to be IDPs blew themselves up in the clique," aforesaid Khalid Aji, a mem of a grassroots community surety aggroup based in Konduga, a Borno zone nigh 100km from Banki. "The beginning one occurred at some 8 a.m. and the arcsecond followed few proceedings subsequently. By Lanre Ola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Two distaff felo-de-se bombers deliver killed leastways octet masses at a cantonment for citizenry displaced by the jihadist Boko Haram insurgence in northeastward Nigeria, a community surety effect mem and a custom functionary aforesaid on Thursday. The bombings happened some 8 a.m. (0700 GMT) on Wednesday in the townsfolk of Banki on the sharpness of Borno land, nigh the moulding with Cameroon. An onslaught in February on an internally displaced persons ingroup, likewise in Borno, killed 60 citizenry. Details of Wednesday's approach were sluggish to egress as Banki is removed and mostly illogical from cellphone networks.

The land of Borno is where Boko Haram began their insurgence septet eld ago. Eighter citizenry died and 12 were hurt," he added.

Aji aforesaid members of his system in Banki who helped to empty victims gave him details of the attempt. Thither has been no title of province for the approach. A older Nigeria Impost Avail functionary, who asked not to be named, likewise aforementioned octad multitude were killed but put the routine of hurt at 15. Banki, which is some 120 km from the country chapiter Maiduguri, was seized by Boko Haram in 2013 but Nigerian soldiery horde the war-ridden aggroup out of the townsfolk other end twelvemonth.

Boko Haram formerly controlled an domain around the sizing of Belgium in northeastern Nigeria, but in former 2014 they were pushed out by Nigerian soldiery assisted by soldiers from neighbouring countries. The jihadist radical has since stepped up cross-border attacks and carried out self-destruction bombings in markets, bus stations and places of idolise. (Penning by Alexis Akwagyiram; Redaction by Raissa Kasolowsky)