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Bombings suspected to be by Islamic insurgents
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Two deadly explosions on
Thursday hit Maiduguri town as a suspected suicide bomber targeted a mosque in
a suburb called Mulai. The sound of the explosions echoed over the Borno state
capital at about 6:20pm.
Details
of the casualties could not be immediately ascertained.
A
senior official of the Civilian JTF, who asked not to be named in this report,
said the two blasts happened near a mosque in Mulai, some 6 kilometres away
from Maiduguri town along the Maiduguri-Biu highways.
“We
have two bomb explosions this evening in Mulai near a mosque there”, he said.
“The
bombings happened during prayer time. One cannot immediately give details of
the incident but I have sent my boys over there and am still waiting for their
report from the scene.”
Another
official of the Civilian JTF, who gave his name as Bamusa, told PREMIUM TIMES
that “the blasts happened in a mosque during Magrib prayer and many people were
killed, sadly. I have nine injured persons in our trucks now and I am heading
for the hospital to get them treated because they.
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