Thirty people were killed late Sunday in a triple suicide bombing in nothern Nigeria, emergency services reported, in an attack bearing the hallmarks of the Boko Haram jihadist group.
Three bombers detonated their explosives outside a hall in Konduga, 38 kilometres (24 miles) from the Borno state capital Maiduguri, where football fans were watching a match on TV.
"The death toll from the attack has so far increased to 30. We have over 40 people injured," Usman Kachalla, head of operations at the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), said on Monday.
The attack happened around 9:00pm (1800 GMT), Ali Hassan, the leader of a self-defence group in the town, said.
The owner of hall prevented one of the bombers from entering the packed venue.
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