Death toll in Nigeria mosque bomb blast rises to 21

21 Novembre 2017

Mubi, Nigeria, November 21 (Infosplusgabon) -  The death toll in the bomb blast at a mosque at Mubi, northeast Nigeria, on Tuesday morning, has climbed to 21, the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has said.

The local media are reporting that a suicide bomber detonated his explosive at the packed mosque during the ‎early morning prayer at Mubi, Adamawa state.

Idris Garga, the northeast coordinator of NEMA, said: ”A suicide attack by a teenage boy after early morning prayers at a mosque has so far claimed the lives of at least 21 persons, and eight others injured seriously have been transferred to Yola.”

“A boy of about 17 years wearing a suicide vest entered the mosque along with other worshippers immediately after the prayers and detonated the bomb. Besides the eight (injured) transferred, others who are wounded are receiving treatment at various hospitals in Mubi North,” he added.

“As people converged on Massalacin Madina at Anguwan Shuwa to observe Subh (morning prayer), an unknown man rammed himself into the mosque with IEDs, killing many people,” a resident of the area had told Premium Times newspaper.

Adamawa, Borno and Yobe have been the most affected states by the Boko Haram insurgency that has caused about 100,000 deaths since 2009.

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