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Nigeria suicide bombing kills 50 in Adamawa state | |
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At least 50 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in the eastern Nigerian state of Adamawa, police say. | |
A bomber struck inside a mosque packed with worshippers during morning prayers in the town of Mubi. | |
Witness Abubakar Sule told AFP news agency that it appeared the bomber was part of the congregation. | |
No-one has said they were behind the bombing but the Islamist militants Boko Haram typically target crowded places in northern Nigeria. | No-one has said they were behind the bombing but the Islamist militants Boko Haram typically target crowded places in northern Nigeria. |
Some 20,000 people have been killed in Boko Haram's eight-year insurgency. | Some 20,000 people have been killed in Boko Haram's eight-year insurgency. |
The BBC's Ishaq Khalid reports that Boko Haram militants have recently stepped up suicide bombings in Nigeria's north-east after the military recaptured territories previously controlled by the group. | |
At least 45 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack in the same state last December. | |
In that attack two female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in a busy market. |