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Madagali suicide bombings | |
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Part of the Boko Haram insurgency | |
Location | Madagali, Adamawa State, Nigeria |
Date | 9 December 2016 |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
Deaths | 57 |
Injured | 177 |
Perpetrators | ![]() |
The Madagali suicide bombings occurred on 9 December 2016 when 2 women suicide bombers attack Madagali, a town in Nigeria.[1] The attack killed at least 57 people and injured 177.[2][3] Among those individuals injured 120 were reported to be children. "Officials have blamed the Boko Haram Islamic extremists."[4]