Blast in Northeastern Nigeria Injures 11 People, Say Police

Blast in Northeastern Nigeria Injures 11 People, Say Police
Nigerian police officers on Oct. 12, 2020. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images
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ABUJA—A blast in the capital of Nigeria’s northeastern Taraba state on Friday evening injured 11 people including children, police said, days after an explosion claimed by ISIS terrorist group killed 3 people at a marketplace in a rural town in Taraba.

The blasts in Taraba mark the spread of ISIS insurgencies that have gripped Nigeria’s northeast for a decade.