Nigeria bombs kill at least 44 in crowded mosque and restaurant

Boko Haram blamed for Sunday night attacks in central city of Jos that also injured 67 people

Two bombs blamed on the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram exploded at a crowded mosque and a Muslim restaurant in Nigeria’s central city of Jos, killing 44 people, officials said on Monday.

The blasts on Sunday night came hours after a female suicide bomber blew herself up at a crowded evangelical Christian church service in the north-eastern city of Potiskum, killing at least five people.

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