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.
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”.
PRNigeria, an agency that distributes press
statements on behalf of Nigerian security and rescue agencies, said rescuers
from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) had so far evacuated six
dead bodies from the scene of the attack.
The PRNigeria gathered that the incident
occurred during the early Morning Subhi Prayer at a mosque behind Magistrate
Court Polo Area in Maiduguri.
The agency said “the explosion was carried
out by a suspected lone suicide bomber whose two accomplices escaped, when some
vigilant members of the community accosted them on their suspicious movements”.
It quoted a senior health official as
confirming that six bodies had been deposited in the mortuary, while about 17
other injured victims were being treated at the Specialist Hospital and the
University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.
Source:
Premium Times Newspaper
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