Boko Haram resumes terror, kills 22, injures many in Maiduguri

At least 22 people have been killed by a suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber in a mosque in Umarari Village, outskirts of Maiduguri, Borno state. The attack on Wednesday was during the early morning prayers.

An official of the Civilian-JTF, Alhaji Danbatta, who coordinated the evacuation of victims said 26 other persons were injured in the blast.
“The bomb attack occurred this morning in Umarari village, just after Mulai Leprosy Hospital, outside Maiduguri, along the Biu-Maiduguri highway.

“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,” Danbatta said.

The blast is the first to be recorded in Borno state since the last that killed about 50 persons at an IDP camp in Dikwa, a town 85km away from Maiduguri.