Female suicide bombers kill at least 18 in coordinated attack in Nigeria, authorities say

Associated Press

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in northern Nigeria say female suicide bombers have targeted a wedding, a funeral and a hospital in coordinated attacks that killed at least 18 people. Another 30 people were wounded in Sunday’s blasts. Many of them were seriously injured. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the the attacks. Borno state has been heavily affected by the Boko Haram extremist insurgency. It has used women and girls in suicide bombings in the past. That has prompted suspicions that some attackers come from the many thousands of people the extremists have kidnapped over the years including schoolchildren.