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| Five teenage suicide bombers kill at least 12 people in Nigeria and Cameroon | Five teenage suicide bombers kill at least 12 people in Nigeria and Cameroon |
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| Five teenage suicide bombers have killed at least 12 people in Nigeria and Cameroon over the weekend, officials have said. | |
| Police blamed the extremist group Boko Haram for the attacks, in which the female bombers also died. | |
| Related: Young female suicide bombers kill 15 in Nigeria market attack | Related: Young female suicide bombers kill 15 in Nigeria market attack |
| One girl detonated explosives strapped to her body on Sunday evening at a military checkpoint guarding an entry to the north-eastern city of Maiduguri, Nigeria, they said. She killed herself and seven other passengers who got off a bus to be searched. A dozen people were injured. | |
| It was the first suicide bombing in nearly a month in Maiduguri, the birthplace of Boko Haram. | It was the first suicide bombing in nearly a month in Maiduguri, the birthplace of Boko Haram. |
| Cameroon said on Monday that four teenage suicide bombers had killed themselves and a family of five when they were stopped by self-defence fighters in Fotokol town, near the border with Nigeria. | |
| The Nigerian military has destroyed several Boko Haram camps recently. | The Nigerian military has destroyed several Boko Haram camps recently. |