Two female suicide bombers claim 45 lives in Nigeria market

(ANSA) - Rome, November 25 - Two female suicide bombers claimed the lives of at least 45 people when they set themselves off in close succession in a crowded market in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, eyewitnesses and hospital sources said Tuesday.
    The attacker was wearing a hijab and pretending to carry a baby on her back when she detonated the explosive, eyewitnesses said.
    The second bomber detonated herself after rescue and emergency workers arrived on the scene. Both attackers were adolescent girls, sources said.