By Iro Dan Fulani
The
National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has confirmed that 15
people died and 20 injured in Mubi Mosque bomb blast on Tuesday morning.
PREMIUM TIMES reported how a suicide bomber detonated his explosive at the packed mosque during the early morning prayer.
Idris Garga, the North East Coordinator of NEMA, confirmed the casualty in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Mubi.
"So far 15 people
are killed and about 20 sustained different degrees of injuries in the
Mubi Mosque bomb blast," Mr. Garga said.
He said that suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers carried out the attack.
He said the attack targeted Muslims worshipers performing morning prayers.
Also, Haruna
Hamman-Furo, Executive Secretary of the Adamawa State Emergency
Management Agency, ADSEMA, also confirmed that 15 people were killed and
several others injured due to the blast.
"As people
converged on Massalacin Madina at Anguwan Shuwa to observe Subh (morning
prayer), an unknown man rammed himself into the mosque with IEDs ,
killing many people," a resident of the area had told PREMIUM TIMES.
Adamawa, Borno and
Yobe have been the most affected states by the Boko Haram insurgency
that has caused about 100,000 deaths since 2009.
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