Six blasts and gunfire rocked the Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Thursday, residents and a military source said, after explosions and shooting earlier broke out in another northeastern city."There has so far been six explosions, and four of them in the same area," the military source said, adding that a shootout had also occurred on Thursday.
Gunfire and explosions had earlier broken out in Damaturu. Both cities have previously been badly hit by violence blamed on the Islamist group Boko Haram.
Residents reported that people were fleeing in Maiduguri, but it was unclear whether there were casualties.
A witness said one of the explosions shattered the windows of a mosque in an office complex.
In Damaturu, a police officer said gunmen opened fire on a checkpoint, but the attack was repelled. Residents said explosions and gunfire broke out in the afternoon and was still occurring a couple of hours later.
Police could not immediately be reached for comment.
"For the past 40 minutes, there have been explosions and shootings around the Pompomari area of the city," Damaturu resident Kabiru Musa said by telephone in the afternoon. more
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