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| Boko Haram have often targeted Maiduguri in their seven-year insurgency |
Two female suicide bombers
have attacked a mosque in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing
22 worshippers, emergency officials say.
Based
on AFP/BBC monitored filings, GRAPHITTI NEWS reports:
The
first bomber struck inside the mosque, while the second blew herself up outside
as survivors tried to flee, eye witnesses said.
Seventeen
other people were wounded in the attack, an official told AFP.
Militant
Islamists Boko Haram have often targeted the city in their seven-year
insurgency.
"We
were just a few metres away from the mosque when a loud bang erupted and all we
could see was dark smoke and bodies littered around,'' another witness told
Associated Press news agency.
The
attack took place a few minutes after worshippers started an early morning
prayer, the chief imam of Umarari mosque on the outskirts of the city told correspondents.
All the wounded have been
taken to hospital, he added.
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