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Bomb blamed on Boko Haram kills 20 in northern Nigeria

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A bomb blast in Nigeria's northern university town of Zaria killed at least 25 people Tuesday including a 2-year-old toddler, the Kaduna state governor reported, the latest in a string of deadly bombing and shooting attacks by the Boko Haram Islamic extremist group.

 

Witnesses said the blast came from a woman suicide bomber and that as many as 40 people died.

 

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