Five suicide bomb explosions tore through the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, an official told the Associated Press. At least 54 people are dead and 143 wounded.

Boko Haram's second attempt to take the major northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri in a week was defeated Sunday, leaving an estimated hundreds of fighters and around a dozen civilians dead, the Associated Press reports.

Islamist group Boko Haram launched an assault from three fronts on Maiduguri, a city of 2 million people in Nigeria's northeast, early Sunday morning, the Associated Press reports. This latest attack was repelled, and at least 200 combatants were killed.