Teenage suicide bomber attacks Adamawa mosque, ‘kills 50’

A teenage suicide bomber has attacked worshippers during early morning prayers, killing about 50 at a mosque in Mubi, Adamawa State.

Adamawa State Police Command has said the suicide attack occurred around 5:20am local time, at Kunu Araha.

Adamawa police spokesman, Othman Abubakar confirmed the incident.

“We were made to understand that there was a bomb blast at a mosque in Mubi and over 30 lives were lost. A boy about 17-year-old wearing a suicide vest entered the mosque along with other worshippers. Immediately after the prayers, he detonated the bomb. Many of the wounded are receiving treatment at various hospitals in Mubi North where the attacks occurred around Kunu Araha area” he said.

Emma Adasolid, an official working with the International Rescue Committee said 40 bodies were evacuated.

Othman later confirmed that death toll has risen to 50.

“We have 50 dead and we are now trying to get the exact number of those injured ,” Abubakar said.

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