Two suicide attacks ripped through a market in Nigeria's northeast town of Madagali in Adawama state, killing at least 30 people and wounding over 50 others, according to an army spokesperson
Ahmadu Gulak, a driver who was buying tea at the market, said the two blasts struck simultaneously on Friday morning at opposite ends of a grains and vegetable market. He counted at least 10 bodies and saw many wounded taken to a nearby hospital by ambulance.
Othman Abubakar, a police spokesman, confirmed the blasts, but said he had no toll of victims.
Al Jazeera's Ahmed Idris, reporting from the Nigerian capital of Abuja, said Friday was not the first time Madagali was attacked.
A bus station near the same market was targeted by two female suicide bombers who killed at least 30 people in December 2015.
In June, Boko Haram fighters opened fire on mourners at a funeral in Madagali, killing 18 people.
"Since the town was retaken by the Boko Haram army more than a year ago, it has been attacked three times," Idris said.
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