MAIDUGURI: Two suicide bomb blasts on a mosque in a mosque in Maiduguri, Borno state, have killed at least 18 and injured many other worshippers during the early morning prayer.
The blasts, according to residents occurred in Jiddari Polo area at about 5am when Muslims were performing the first congregational prayer of the day.
Exact details of casualties are still sketchy as security officials have cordoned the area while rescue and aid workers tried to evacuate corpses and injured victims.
A spokesman of the local Civilian-JTF, Abbas Gava, said that it was two bomb explosions 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.
