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| Madagali suicide bombings | |
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| Part of the Boko Haram insurgency | |
  Madagali Madagali (Nigeria) | |
| Location | Madagali, Adamawa State, Nigeria |
| Date | 9 December 2016 |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
| Deaths | 57 |
| Injured | 177 |
| Perpetrators |  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
The Madagali suicide bombings occurred on 9 December 2016 when 2 women suicide bombers attacked Madagali, a town in Nigeria. [1] The attack killed at least 57 people and injured 177. [2] [3] Among those individuals injured 120 were reported to be children. "Officials have blamed the Boko Haram Islamic extremists." [4]
