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| Nigeria: Dozens killed in double bombing in Jos | |
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| A twin bomb attack has taken place in a busy area of the Nigerian city of Jos, killing at least 30 people, witnesses say. | A twin bomb attack has taken place in a busy area of the Nigerian city of Jos, killing at least 30 people, witnesses say. |
| The two bombs exploded in quick succession, close to the scene of a major bombing in May. | |
| The city of Jos has a mixed population of Muslims and Christians, and in recent years suspected Boko Haram militants have attacked churches there. | |
| The Islamist militant group frequently carries out suicide attacks in Nigeria. | |
| There has been no claim of responsibility for Thursday's explosions in Jos. | |
| The blasts targeted the city's commercial district, near the Terminus bus station. | |
| Witnesses told the Associated Press news agency that the first explosion took place at an outdoor food stand. | |
| The second blast hit a marketplace. | |
| Separately, police in Nigeria's second-largest city, Kano, say they have arrested a 13-year-old girl wearing a suicide belt. | |
| Boko Haram has taken over several towns and villages in the north-east of the country, declaring the area under its control to be a caliphate. | |
| Thousands of people have died and more than a million have been forced from their homes in the group's five-year insurgency. |