Abandoned Boko Haram bombs kill 63 in Nigeria

Published June 17th, 2015 - 04:38 GMT
At least 63 people in Nigeria were killed when homemade bombs exploded Wednesday. (Twitter)
At least 63 people in Nigeria were killed when homemade bombs exploded Wednesday. (Twitter)

At least 63 people were killed in Nigeria when home-made bombs in a disused Boko Haram camp detonated in northeast Nigeria Wednesday, sources said.

According to local self-defense fighters, many abandoned hand-made bombs allegedly belonging to Boko Haram exploded when local residents living in the northeastern town of Monguno discovered and explored the former Boko Haram camp.

Nigeria has battled a six-year Boko Haram insurgency that has claimed tens of thousands of lives and displaced over a million people.

Almost a year after Boko Haram seized towns across the northeast region, the Nigerian army — backed by regional troops from Chad and Niger — has pushed the group out of most of the territories they captured earlier.

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