A young female suicide bomber killed 12
worshippers when she blew herself up in a mosque in
northeastern
Nigeria, a witness and a vigilante aiding the military against Boko
Haram said Friday.
Kano (Nigeria) (AFP)
“The bomber was a girl aged around 15 who was seen around the
mosque when worshippers were preparing for the afternoon prayers,”
vigilante Danlami Ajaokuta said of Thursday’s attack in Malari village,
adding 12 had died and seven were injured.
“People asked her to leave because she had no business there and they
were not comfortable with her in view of the spate of suicide attacks
by female Boko Haram members.
“She made to leave but while the people were inside the mosque for
the prayers she ran from a distance into the mosque and blew herself
up,” he added — an account corroborated by resident Gajimi Mala.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Boko Haram has
used both men and young women and girls as human bombs in the past, and
Borno state where the attack took place has been the hardest hit by the
insurgency.
The attack comes just a day after Boko Haram militants gunned down at
least 145 people in three Borno villages, shooting Muslim worshippers
during the holy month of Ramadan in the bloodiest day of attacks since
new President Muhammadu Buhari came to power.
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