No-one’s claimed responsibility for the attack that bears the hallmark of Boko Haram.

The attack at a Maiduguri market in northeastern Nigeria was targeted at soldiers guarding an electrical installation.

The suicide bombers are among those killed.  17 people were seriously injured.

The girls were stopped as they entered the market.

They could not speak Hausa or Kanuri. Soldiers say they appeared unsettled.

Boko Haram has used scores of women and girls in suicide bombings, prompting suspicions that some are among the many thousands that they have kidnapped over the years.

In a particularly horrific instance, a woman suicide bomber carrying a baby on her back was shot by soldiers at a checkpoint on Nov. 28. The shot detonated her explosives, killing the woman and the baby.

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