Nigeria confirms 27 dead from NE twin blasts
Xinhua,May 02, 2018 Adjust font size:
LAGOS, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria's restive northeastern Adamawa state government Tuesday confirmed 27 dead and 56 injured from the twin blasts in Mubi town.
Ahmad Sajoh, the state Commissioner of Information and Strategy, said in a statement that the 56 injured persons were admitted to hospital.
Two suicide bombers carried out the attacks, he added.
The first blast was inside the mosque, while the second bomber detonated his improvised explosive device around a second-hand clothes market outside the same mosque.
Last November, at least 50 people were killed following a suicide blast in a mosque in Mubi.
The United Nations reports said Boko Haram terror group has killed more than 20,000 people since 2009. Enditem