Two homemade bombs detonated on a road in northeastern Nigeria as a crowded vehicle passed by in an act claimed by Islamist groups, according to local police.

The explosions occurred on a road linking the towns of Rann and Gamboru in Borno state, near the border with Cameroon.

The Nigerian government recently reaffirmed its determination and commitment to tackle insecurity and assured its full support to the military forces fighting criminal gangs in the country.

Islamist factions such as Boko Haram and its split, Islamic State in West Africa, are active in eastern Nigeria, and insecurity has spread to areas in the center, north and northwest, raising alarms about the possible expansion of these terrorist and criminal networks.

According to United Nations data since 2009 the activities of the radical formation Boko Haram and its branch Islamic State of West Africa Province, incorporated later in 2016 in Nigeria and neighboring countries such as Cameroon, Chad and Niger, killed more than 35 000 people and left about two million displaced.

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