Casualties Mount In Triple Suicide Attack Near Maiduguri; 2,000 Troops To Battle Boko Haram

Three suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers have hit northeastern Nigeria, killing more than two dozen people, according to local authorities cited by Naij (Nigeria).

One female suicide bomber blew herself up Tuesday at a market in the village of Konduga, near the state capital of Maiduguri, killing at least 27 people.

Two other female bombers detonated their explosives outside a refugee camp near the city, wounding scores, said police.

CNN put the number of deaths at 30 or...