Breaking News: Multiple Blasts Rock Maiduguri

Multiple blasts struck a mosque and the area outside the building in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, witnesses said on Sunday, Reuters reports.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosions but they bore the hallmarks of Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

Maiduguri, the state capital of Borno, is the birthplace of the jihadist sect.

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