Amnesty condemns Maiduguri attacks, urges end to civilian killings

Amnesty International has condemned the caller deadly attacks successful Maiduguri, describing them arsenic vicious and unlawful, and calling for an contiguous extremity to the sidesplitting of civilians.

In a station shared connected its authoritative X handle, the rights radical said the coordinated attacks, carried retired by Boko Haram, showed a contemptible disregard for quality life.

According to Amnesty, the attacks, which occurred connected Monday evening, reportedly killed astatine slightest 12 radical and near much than 50 others injured.

Amnesty said the incidents happened astatine astir 6:30 p.m., erstwhile termination bombers detonated explosives astatine cardinal locations successful the city, including the gross of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, the Monday Market, and the Post Office area, 1 of the busiest parts of Maiduguri.

“These deplorable attacks took spot astatine a clip erstwhile Muslims were breaking their accelerated during the beatified period of Ramadan and show implicit disregard for quality life,” the organisation said.

The radical noted that the attacks are portion of a worrying trend, alleging that Boko Haram has accrued its assaults connected civilians since January 2026, including attacks connected villages and the abduction of women and girls.

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