{"id":32548,"date":"2024-06-29T21:04:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T01:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/at-least-18-killed-in-northern-nigeria-blasts\/29\/06\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-06-29T21:04:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T01:04:26","slug":"at-least-18-killed-in-northern-nigeria-blasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/at-least-18-killed-in-northern-nigeria-blasts\/29\/06\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 18 killed in northern Nigeria blasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>At least 18 people have been killed and 30 injured in a series of deadly blasts in Nigeria&#8217;s northeastern Borno state, officials say.<\/p>\n<p>One of the suspected bombings is reported to have killed six people and injured others at a wedding ceremony on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The state&#8217;s emergency management agency said the suspected suicide bombers attacked a wedding, funeral and hospital in the town of Gwoza.<\/p>\n<p>Borno state has been at the centre of a 15-year insurgency by Boko Haram Islamist militants, which has displaced more than two million people and killed more than 40,000.<\/p>\n<p>Boko Haram gained international notoriety in 2014 when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-68769102?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:it kidnapped more than 270 schoolgirls;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">it kidnapped more than 270 schoolgirls<\/a> from the town of Chibok, also in Borno state.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said 18 deaths had been confirmed on Saturday, a toll that included children, adults and pregnant women.<\/p>\n<p>Some local media have reported a much higher toll &#8211; Nigeria&#8217;s Vanguard and This Day newspapers said at least 30 had been killed in the blasts.<\/p>\n<p>A curfew has been imposed by the military.<\/p>\n<p>No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Gwoza was seized by Boko Haram in 2014, and taken back by the Nigerian forces in 2015 &#8211; but the group has since continued to carry out attacks and kidnappings near the town.<\/p>\n<p>Last November, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-67272908?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:20 people were killed by Boko Haram insurgents;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">20 people were killed by Boko Haram insurgents<\/a> while returning from a funeral service in neighbouring Yobe state.<\/p>\n<p>The attack happened a day after militants killed 17 people in a raid on Gurokayeya village, after villagers refused to pay a so-called harvest tax, police said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 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