NE Nigeria hit by deadly suicide bombing At least four people were killed in northeastern Nigeria when suicide bombers blew themselves up in a village on the outskirts of Maiduguri city -- the birthplace of Boko Haram, a radical Islamist group that has killed over 20,000 people and forced 2.6 million from their homes since taking up arms against the Nigerian government in 2009. IMAGESATTENTION: IMAGES SHOW BODY PARTS, BLOOD