14 feared dead as suicide bomber hits Maiduguri mosque
The explosion occurred today, March 16, 2016, at a mosque in Umarari Village, a suburb of the Borno state capital.
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The explosion occurred today, March 16, 2016, at a mosque in Umarari Village, a suburb of the state capital, Premium Times reports.
“The bomb attack occurred this morning in Umarari village, just after Mulai Leprosy Hospital, outside Maiduguri, along the Biu-Maiduguri highway,” an official of the Civilian Joint Task Force, Alhaji Danbatta said.
“It was a suicide attack: the bomber sneaked in while the worshippers were observing the morning congregational prayer. We evacuated 14 corpses and 21 injured ones were taken to the hospital,” he added.
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The explosion is the latest to be recorded in Borno since the blast which occurred at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Dikwa on February 9, 2016, and left more than 60 people dead.
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