A series of deadly explosions in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state have killed at least 18 people and injured 30 others, officials said.
One of the suspected bombings reportedly killed six people and injured many others at a wedding on Saturday.
Suspected suicide bombers targeted a wedding, funeral and hospital in the town of Gvoza, the state’s emergency management agency said.
Borno state has been the center of a 15-year insurgency by Boko Haram Islamist militants that has displaced more than 2 million people and killed more than 40,000 people.
In 2014, Boko Haram gained international notoriety. It kidnapped more than 270 female students from the town of Chibok, also in Borno State.
Authorities said 18 people were confirmed dead on Saturday, including children, adults and pregnant women.
Some local media reported a much higher death toll – Nigeria’s Vanguard and This Day newspapers said at least 30 people were killed in the explosion.
The military has imposed a curfew.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Gwoza was captured by Boko Haram in 2014 and recaptured by the Nigerian army in 2015, but the group has since continued to stage attacks and kidnappings near the town.
Last November, Boko Haram insurgents kill 20 while returning from a funeral in neighboring Yobe state.
The attack came a day after militants launched an attack in the village of Gurokaya, killing 17 people after villagers refused to pay a so-called harvest tax, police said.
