March 17 (UPI) -- Suspected suicide bombings in Nigeria have killed at least 23 and injured 108 in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state.
The bombings hit a post office, a weekly market and the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital within minutes of each other at around 7:30 p.m. WAT Monday, police said. No group has claimed responsibility, but a spokesperson for the Nigerian military said the attacks were from Boko Haram, a terrorist group.
"The cowardly attacks targeted crowded public areas in an attempt by the terrorists to inflict mass casualties and create panic within the metropolis," The New York Times reported Lt. Col. Sani Uba said in a statement Monday.
Boko Haram militants killed 75 Muslims in attacks on two villages in Kwara, Nigeria, in February after locals rejected calls to surrender. The group often kidnaps children and staff from schools.
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