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Explosion near school

LAGOS - Officials said a bomb detonated in northern Nigeria near an Islamic boarding school, causing unknown casualties.

Yushau Shuaib, a spokesman for Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency, said the bomb blew up yesterday morning in Zaria, a city in Kaduna state.

Shuaib said there was gunfire afterwards as soldiers and police arrived.

No group has immediately claimed responsibility.

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