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At least 54 people killed in bomb blasts in Nigeria's Maiduguri


    MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least 54 people were killed and 90 wounded in a multiple bomb attack in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Sunday evening, a police spokesman said on Monday.

    "A suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber detonated IEDs (improvised explosive devices) at a mosque in Ajilari and some insurgents also threw IEDs at a viewing centre. Total casualty figure is now 54," Victor Isuku, a police spokesman in Maiduguri, said.

    A Nigerian army spokesman said on Sunday that three bombs had gone off.

    (Reporting By Lanre Ola, Writing by Julia Payne; Editing by Angus MacSwan)