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A bomb blast at a popular teahouse in Nigeria’s Borno state killed 19 people and wounded at least 20 others Wednesday evening, officials said, the second major attack in recent weeks.
Security and government officials said the blast occurred around 8 p.m. local time in Kawuri village, about 50 kilometers from Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, where officials said the injured were taken for treatment.
Officials said the bomb was planted by humans and was not a suicide attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but the jihadist group Boko Haram and its rival Islamic State West Africa Province are both active in Borno state.
According to local media reports, Nigerian authorities may impose movement restrictions, vehicle checks or curfew measures in a short period of time in response to the attack.
Weeks ago, suspected female suicide bombers killed 32 people in a series of coordinated attacks in the Gwoza area of Borno state, which security officials said targeted a wedding, a hospital and a funeral.
Borno state is the epicentre of a 15-year Islamist insurgency that has killed thousands and displaced millions. Although the Nigerian military has weakened the militants, they continue to launch deadly attacks on civilians and security targets.
Some of the information for this report was provided by the Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France-Presse.
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