A suicide bomber attack killed 22 persons and injured 11
others at mosque in Borno State this morning.
A member of the youth vigilance group told our correspondent
that the suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Molai-Umarari
village, behind the Molai Hospital, on the outskirts of
Maiduguri, the state capital.
According to the source, who spoke on the condition of
anonymity, the incident occurred at about 5am during the
Muslim early morning prayers.
He said members of the youth vigilance group subsequently
trooped to the area to offer assistance to the injured and get
the dead to the mortuary.
“Presently I am at the scene of the attack, we have our men
here with soldiers and emergency workers who are working to
bring back normalcy and get both the dead and injured to the
hospital,” he said.
Molai is about 10 kilometres from Maiduguri on the
Maiduguri-Damboa-Biu Road.
Source: punch.com
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