#News: Two Female Suicide Bombers Kill At Least 10 In Nigeria's Northeast

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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Two female suicide  bombers blew themselves up killing at least ten people on  Tuesday in a crowded market area of Nigeria's northeastern city  of Maiduguri,center of a militant islamist insurgency, witnesses  said.                

Four witnesses told Reuters near the scene that a woman had  entered the roadside trading area behind the city's main market  before blowing herself up.                

"While the people were trying to help the injured the second  bomb blasted," witness Sani Adamu told Reuters. "I saw lots of  bodies."                

Nigerian authorities did not immediately respond to requests  for comment. There was no claim of responsibility, but suspicion  is likely to fall on violent Islamist group Boko Haram, whose  5-year-old campaign for an Islamic state has killed thousands.                

Using female suicide bombers has become a growing tactic of  the group.                

Adamu said he counted more than 30 people on the ground, but  did not know if they were dead or wounded.                

Another three witnesses said at least 10 were killed in the  blasts. Police cordoned off the scene and sirens wailed in the  aftermath.                

"I counted ten dead bodies on the ground before the police  arrived," Muhammadu Garba, a trader, told Reuters.                

A source at Maiduguri's General Hospital said five bodies  had already arrived from the scene.                

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan plans to ask the  national assembly to extend a state of emergency in three  northeastern states worst hit by the insurgency when it expires  this week.      (Reporting by Lanre Ola and Isaac Abrak, Writing by Julia  Payne; Editing by Ralph Boulton)
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