Another early morning bomb attack has occurred in a mosque in Maiduguri, Borno state, killing and injuring many worshippers during the early morning prayer session, witnesses said.
Explosion was carried out by lone suicide bomber whose two accomplices escaped when some vigilante members of the community accosted them on their suspicious movements
The blasts, according to residents occurred in Jiddari Polo area at about 5am when Muslims were performing the first congregational prayer of the day.
Details of casualties are still sketchy as security officials have cordoned the area while rescue and aide workers tried to evacuate corpses and injured victims.
But a spokesman of the local Civilian-JTF, Abbas Gava, told PREMIUM TIMES that “it was two bomb explosion in a mosque in Jiddari Polo, very close to the Federal High Court complex. We are still trying to get the correct figure of casualties”.
So far, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have evacuated six dead bodies from the scene of the attack while about 17 injured victims are being treated as the Specialist Hospital and University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital
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