Two girls ‘aged seven or eight’ blow themselves up in Nigeria market, injuring at least 17

‘A pair of girls, believed to be aged between 7 and 8, blew themselves up in a bustling northeastern Nigerian market in Maiduguri, killing themselves and injuring at least 17 others, according to a local official and a militia member.
The attack carried out by the two suicide bombers killed at least three people, according to state emergency agency NEMA spokesman, Sani Datti, who spoke to Reuters. The locals told the news agency that up to nine people died.
A local militia member, Abdulkarim Jabo, told AFP he saw the girls seconds before the explosion.’
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