Facebook recently promised to turn on its Safety Check tool more often to combat human disasters. True to its word, the social networking giant activated the tool again after two bomb blasts in Nigeria killed 32 people and left 120 others injured.

"We've activated Safety Check again after the bombing in Nigeria this evening," confirmed founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on his official Facebook Page.

The tool will identify the location of a person and send notifications to all the members in the Friends list of that person. Once logged in, users will automatically be prompted to specify if they’re safe.

The blasts took place in Nigerian cities of Yola and Kano and are believed to have been carried out by the murderous terrorist group Boko Haram. One of the bombers was an 11-year-old female, reports CNN .

Facebook has activated the tool twice in less than a week. Safety Check enables people located in a disaster zone to quickly inform family and friends they’re safe and sound. In France, more than four million people have used the feature to reach out to their near and dear ones after the Paris atrocity of Nov. 13.

The tech giant was heavily criticised for activating the feature after the gruesome Islamic terror attacks in Paris but not for the suicide bombing in Beirut the day before. The twin Isis blasts in Beirut saw 43 people dead.

Until the terrorist attack in Paris, Facebook's policy was to activate the tool only for natural disasters. Last week, Mark Zuckerberg pledged to activate the feature in future human disasters, as well.

"We're now working quickly to develop criteria for the new policy and determine when and how this service can be most useful. A loss of human life anywhere is a tragedy, and we're committed to doing our part to help people in more of these situations”, added Zuckerberg.

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