GOMBI, Nigeria — Suicide attacks on two predominantly Christian communities in northeast Nigeria on Jan. 27 and Jan. 29 left at least 26 people dead and dozens injured, sources said.
On Jan. 29 a suicide bomber suspected to have been sent by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram detonated explosives in a crowded market in Gombi, Adamawa state, killing at least eight people, sources said.
The Red Cross reported eight people were killed and 25 wounded in the bombing that was said to have been carried out by a teenage boy.
Gombi was one of several Christian communities taken over by Boko Haram, and many of the town’s displaced Christians are Church of the Brethren in Nigeria members still living in camps for internally displaced people in other parts of the country.
In Chibok, Borno state, suicide bombers suspected to have been sent by Boko Haram bombed a crowded market Jan. 27, killing at least 17 civilians and a soldier and injuring at least 30 others, sources said. Following the government troop recovery of the town, the market had reopened that day for the first time since Boko Haram took over Chibok two years ago, area Christians said.
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