ABUJA, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- More than a dozen people were killed in multiple suicide blasts in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno on Monday, local officials have confirmed.
Twenty-six others were injured as three suicide bombers detonated improvised explosive devices in Mashimari village in Konduga, a central town in Borno, located 35 kilometers to Maiduguri, the state capital.
Confirming the incident, Ahmed Satomi, head of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency, told Xinhua 12 bodies have been evacuated so far from the blast scene.
Another official said a search for more bodies was underway.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but terror group Boko Haram was being suspected for wreaking the havoc.
Konduga was one of the areas invaded by Boko Haram in Borno State in 2013. It was later liberated in 2015 by the Nigerian military.
Boko Haram has killed more than 20,000 people and displaced 2.3 million others in its attacks since 2009.
