BBCQuite a few individuals are feared to have been killed and injured in Nigeria after a suspected suicide bomber carried out an assault on a mosque in Borno state.
Eyewitnesses mentioned the blast occurred throughout night prayers. One report suggests seven folks have been killed, however there was no official affirmation of any casualties.
Unverified footage on social media seems to point out the aftermath of the explosion, with folks stood in a market space with mud particles within the air.
No group has admitted finishing up the explosion in Maiduguri – the state’s capital – however militants have beforehand focused mosques and crowded locations within the space with suicide and improvised explosive machine (IED) assaults.
Maiduguri has been central to an insurgency by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram and its offshoot Islamic State West Africa Province.
Navy operations by Boko Haram to create an Islamic caliphate in Borno state started in 2009.
Safety measures in opposition to the group have failed to forestall sporadic assaults in opposition to civilians in north-east Nigeria.