Nigeria: Suicide bombings killed at least 23 people

Maiduguri: At least 23 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in suspected suicide bombings Monday night that targeted Maiduguri city in northeastern Nigeria, police said Tuesday.

It was one of the deadliest attacks in the conflict-battered city in recent history.

Residents and emergency services earlier told The Associated Press that three explosions

were reported in crowded places in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state.