"The cowardly attacks targeted crowded public areas in an attempt by the terrorists to inflict mass casualties and create panic within the metropolis, Sani Uba, a military spokesperson, said in a statement."
"More than 2 million people have been displaced and hundreds of thousands killed in the region by Boko Haram and its offshoots, including the Islamic West Africa Province (ISWAP), as they battle the Nigerian state in an attempt to establish an Islamic caliphate."
"The post office and Monday market areas were regularly targeted by suicide bombers at the height of Nigeria's Boko Haram insurgency, when Maiduguri was a conflict hotspot. Ten years ago this month, 58 people were killed and more than 140 others injured in four separate suicide blasts."
At least 23 people were killed and more than 100 injured in multiple suspected suicide bombings in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria on Monday evening during Ramadan iftar. Explosions occurred at the post office, market areas, and the University of Maiduguri teaching hospital entrance. These locations were previously targeted during the height of Boko Haram's insurgency; a decade earlier, similar attacks killed 58 people. The bombings followed a military post attack and represent a significant escalation in a city that had become relatively calm as the insurgency moved to rural areas. Nigerian authorities attributed the attacks to suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers using improvised explosive devices. The region has experienced over 2 million displaced persons and hundreds of thousands killed by Boko Haram and affiliated groups like ISWAP.
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