14 people have been reported dead in Maiduguri, Borno State after a suicide bomber detonated an explosive in a mosque during morning prayers.
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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