Three female suicide bombers have attacked a refugee camp in north-eastern Nigeria, killing at least 27 people.

Dozens more were injured after the women blew themselves up outside the camp near Maiduguri in Borno state.

The attack bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram in an area known to be a militant stronghold. The north-eastern city is at the heart of a fight between government and jihadist forces who have waged an eight year insurgency to create an Islamic state in northern Nigeria.

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