A suspected female suicide bomber blew herself up in a market in the town of Biu, Borno State on Thursday, witnesses and a community leader said, reports Reuters.

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“Many” people were feared dead and scores wounded, community leader, Ali Mai Biu, said.

A death toll could not immediately be confirmed.

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