30 dead in attack on Nigeria market—medic, witness

KANO, Nigeria—Suspected Nigerian Islamists on Monday opened fire and set off bombs at a market in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, killing at least 30 people, a witness and a medical source said.

“It’s true the number of dead could not be less than 30,” a Maiduguri hospital nurse told AFP. A witness gave a similar death toll.