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Death Toll In Adamawa Mosque Attack Rises To 21

  A suicide attack has occurred in a mosque in Mubi, Adamawa State, North-East Nigeria, leaving several persons dead and many others injured. Advertisement Channels … Continue reading Death Toll In Adamawa Mosque Attack Rises To 21


 

Mosque where tragic incident occurred in Mubi, Adamawa state.

A suicide attack has occurred in a mosque in Mubi, Adamawa State, North-East Nigeria, leaving several persons dead and many others injured.

Channels Television gathered that the attack occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, November 21, while worshippers were holding prayers.

Not less than 21 persons were feared dead while about 35 others were injured following an explosion in a mosque in Mubi, Adamawa State, North-East Nigeria.

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The Northeast Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency, Bashir Idris told Channels Television that the blast occurred in the early hours of Tuesday while worshippers were holding prayers.

It will be recalled that some gunmen suspected to be herdsmen attacked Koh community in Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State, last week Sunday, November 12, killing one person.

The attackers invaded the village at about 11.30 pm shooting sporadically into the air and sending the people fleeing in different directions.

The Adamawa State Government also earlier this month sent a delegation to Gulak, the Madagali Local Government Area of the state to assess and commiserate with the people over an attack on their community by the Boko Haram terrorists. The team was received by the Chairman of Madagali Local Government Council Mohammed Yusuf and security operatives led by the head of the military in Gulak Major Abdulkarim Musa.