Two young girls blast a market in Nigeria Maiduguri as human bombs

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Two minor girls were used to bomb a market in north-east Nigeria, killing at least one other person and wounding 18. The girls were supposed to be 7 and 8 year olds. Police in the town of Maiduguri, Borno say that the attack happened when the market was crowded with shoppers. The girls detonated their explosives minutes apart and both were killed. No one has taken the responsibility till now though Boko Haram militants have carried out similar attacks.

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