this comes upless than 24 hours after 32 people were killed in a similar attack in yola. >> reporter: these are the latest victims of a six-year circle of violence devastating nigeria. the attacker was looking to cause damage. most victims were young men and women. >> translation: we went to eat. after eating we sat for some tea then the blasts. three of my friends were killed. >> reporter: this is three of such attacks. hospitals here are struggling with the injured, some of whom are in critical condition. although no-one has claimed responsibility, the attack resembles similar ones carried out by boko haram, the last being an attack just a few kilometres from here. dozens were killed. boko haram may be on the back foot as the countries step up their operations. they have failed to stop attacks on markets and places of wore ships. this year alone hundreds of people have been killed. suicide attacks are said to increase as the a deadline has been set to defeat the felters nears >>> police have broken up a really inside the asia-pacific corporations meeting in the philippines capital.