Friday, 24/11/2017 16:18 (GMT+7)
At least 50 people on November 21st were killed in a suicide blast in a northeastern Nigerian town.
(Photo: Asiatoday)
The blast happened during early morning prayers at the Madina Mosque in the Unguwar Shuwa area of Mubi, some 200 kilometres by road from the Adamawa state capital, Yola.
The bombing was carried out by a young man in his teens who was carrying explosives, police said.
Suspicion fell on Islamist insurgents Boko Haram, although there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Haruna Furo, Head of the Adamawa state emergency management agency, and Musa Hamad Bello, chairman of the Mubi north local government area, both confirmed the attack.
They gave lower death tolls, but both said the number of those killed was likely to rise.
It is the deadliest mosque attack since 2014, when more than 100 people were killed in suicide blasts targeting the main mosque in Northern Nigeria’s biggest city of Kano./.
Compiled by BTA