Eleven people were dead on Saturday after two suicide
bombers and a gunman attacked a mosque in the north-eastern Nigerian
city of Maiduguri, a police official said.
Damian Chukwu, Borno state police commissioner, said in a statement
that it is believed the attackers were from the Islamist extremist
group Boko Haram. They infiltrated the mosque, in Kushari village on
the outskirts of the city, shooting sporadically before the bombers
detonated explosives they were wearing.
Along with eight victims, all three attackers died. Another 15
sustained injuries.
The incident comes four days after the convoy of the state
governor, Kashim Shettima, was attacked by Boko Haram fighters.
Three people were confirmed dead in that incident.
Boko Haram, which in 2009 launched an insurgency to impose strict
Islamic rule in parts of Nigeria, conducts much of its activity in
Borno state. Thousands of people have been killed while about 2
million others have been displaced by the insurgency.
Nigerian military secure the area where a man was killed by suspected militants during an attack around Polo area of Maiduguri, Nigeria
