Suicide bombing kills 14 people in northeastern Nigeria

A suicide bomber killed 14 people in northeast Nigeria, the state emergency agency said on Saturday, in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram, days after a resurgence in the group's activities prompted a shift in military tactics.


A suicide bomber detonated the explosives in Dikwa on Friday night, after entering a building housing people who had previously fled an insurgency by Boko Haram and since returned, the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said.

"We have so far evacuated 38 victims comprising 14 dead and 24 injured", said SEMA spokesman Bello Dambatta. Dikwa is around 90 kilometres east of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state.

Volunteers said at least two dozen others were wounded and had to wait until Saturday morning to be evacuated because of safety concerns and the lack of phone service.
  aljazeera.com
30/7/17