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Explosion hits packed mosque in Nigeria’s Maiduguri

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Several people are feared to have been killed and injured in Nigeria after a suspected suicide bomber carried out an attack on a mosque in Borno state.

Eyewitnesses said the blast happened during evening prayers. One report suggests seven people were killed, but there has been no official confirmation of any casualties.

Unverified footage on social media appears to show the aftermath of the explosion, with people stood in a market area with dust particles in the air.

No group has admitted carrying out the explosion in Maiduguri – the state’s capital – but militants have previously targeted mosques and crowded places in the area with suicide and improvised explosive device (IED) attacks.

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