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Bomb blast hits market in Nigeria's Maiduguri city


    MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - A bomb went off in the Gamboru market in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri on Sunday, a resident and a military source said.

    On Saturday a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque after Boko Haram militants attacked the outskirts of the city overnight. At least 29 people were killed.

    The city of around 2 million people is the birthplace of the six-year Islamist insurgency and the capital of Nigeria's Borno state.

    (Reporting By Lanre Ola and Isaac Abrak; Writing by Julia Payne; Editing by Greg Mahlich)