At least 30 people have died after
two explosions at a mosque near the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri,
an emergency official says.
One suicide bomber detonated an
explosive inside the mosque in the suburb of Mulai, a regional controller with
the National Emergency Management Agency told BBC Hausa.
A second suicide bomber struck as
people tried to escape, he said.
The city is often targeted by the
Islamist group Boko Haram.
No group has yet said it was behind
the attack during Thursday's evening prayers, that left many people injured.
On Tuesday, three bombs exploded in
Maiduguri, killing at least four people. Dozens of people were killed in three
explosions in the city last month.
Agence France-Presse reported that
the death toll could be as high as 42 from Thursday's explosions.
Source: BBC
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