An explosion at a market in northeastern Nigeria left at least 32 people dead and 80 wounded on Tuesday, Reuters reported.
The blast struck the city of Yola, which has previously been the target of attacks by extremist group Boko Haram.
Residents of the city told the Nigerian Daily Post that the explosion could be heard throughout the city. The explosive device appears to have been placed at a truck parking lot, going off Tuesday evening and ripping into the neighboring vegetable market, The Post reported.
In October, a bombing at a mosque in the city left at least 27 people dead.
In a file photo, women are seen preparing dinner at the Malkohi camp for internally displaced people in Yola, Nigeria. The camp has become home to many fleeing the brutality of Boko Haram.
Afolabi Sotunde / Reuters
The city has become a destination for people fleeing the violence of Boko Haram. A camp for "internally displaced persons" sits at Yola's outskirs.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari visited the camp on Friday, promising the government's support and adding that he believed Boko Haram would "soon be a thing of the past."
SOURCE: BuzzFeed
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