Suicide Bombing Kills At Least 10 In Maiduguri, Borno State – Officials

Suicide Attack At Borno Mosque

At least 10 people were killed and 11 wounded on Friday in a suicide attack at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria's Borno state, hospital sources said. Borno state is the birthplace of the Boko Haram insurgency and has been the focus of attacks by suspected members of the militant Islamist group that have killed around 1,000 people since President Muhammadu Buhari took office in May.

A suicide bombing during dawn prayers at a mosque in the state capital Maiduguri killed at least 10 people, a hospital source said.

Reuters report continues:

Abdulkadir Ibrahim, spokesman of the National relief agency, put the death toll at 6. Another hospital source said 11 people had been wounded.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks but Ibrahim blamed the jihadi movement, which has been trying to carve out a state in the northeast of Africa's most populous country since 2009.

BBC Africa reports that news from Maiduguri in north-east Nigeria say a suicide bomber attacked the early morning prayer at a mosque in the city killing at least six people while about 12 were injured.

Emergency officials say five of the injured are in a critical condition and are receiving treatment at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.

Some residents of Maiduguri continue to voice their frustration at the recurring suicide bombings in the city.