On the evening of 16 June 2019, three

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Konduga Konduga is a community in Borno State, Nigeria and the center of a Local Government Area of the same name about 25 km to the southeast of Maiduguri, situated on the north bank of the Ngadda River. The population of the Konduga Local Governmen ...

village in

Borno State Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon, its northern border ...

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, killing 30 people and wounding over 40. The first bomber targeted

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fans who were watching a game on television in the hall. He was blocked from entering the hall by the owner. A heated argument ensued, during which the bomber detonated his explosives. This attack was the most deadly suicide bombing in 2019 in Nigeria. Soon after, the other two - both of whom were

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- blew themselves up nearby. Konduga had suffered previous attacks, including

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s in January 2014 and in February 2014, a triple suicide bombing in February 2018 and a suicide bombing at a

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in July 2018. On 27 July 2019, a group returning from a funeral in

Nganzai Nganzai is a Local Government Area of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Gajiram. Land Mass It has an area of 2,467 km and a population of 99,799 at the 2006 census. Postal Code The postal code o ...

, Borno State, were the victims of a

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. At least 65 people were killed. There was no claim of responsibility, but Islamist group Boko Haram often carries out massacres, most often in Borno.

Responsibility

There was no claim of responsibility, though the Konduga attack bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram. One of the group's bases is in nearby

Maiduguri Maiduguri is the capital and the largest city of Borno State Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern border form ...

. BH regards football as un-Islamic and a corrupting

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influence.

References

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