Three suicide bombers kill four outside northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri

Soldiers mount a roadblock along a highway in Ikeja district, REUTERS
Soldiers mount a roadblock along a highway in Ikeja district, REUTERS

Three suicide bombers killed four people and injured eight others in a village near the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a police spokesman said on Sunday.

The blasts, around 7 kilometers (4 miles) from the city worst hit by jihadist group Boko Haram's eight year insurgency, occurred on Saturday around 9:00 p.m (2000 GMT), said Maiduguri police spokesman Isuku Victor.

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