9 Killed, At Least A Dozen Injured As Boko Haram Bombs Mosque In Maiduguri (Graphic Photos)

9 Muslim worshipers have been killed and at least a dozen injured in a deadly bomb blast on Mosque in the city of Maiduguri earlier today. 

Earlier today, 9 Muslim worshipers were reportedly killed and at least a dozen injured in a deadly bomb blast by Boko Haram on a Mosque in Maiduguri.

‎Reports states that a suicide bomber was pretending to worship at the local mosque at the back of the Federal High Court at Jidari Polo area in Maiduguri when the bomber detonated a powerful bomb killings at least six people on the spot and injuring a dozen.

Baba Kashim, a member of Youths Vanguard who participated in evacuating victims, said that six worshipers died in the early suicide attack.

''We evacuated six dead bodies and several injured from the Mosque explosion, there are several people critically injured so the death toll may rise '',  he said.

A hospital source confirmed that they have received 6 corpses and 12 injured persons with some critically injured who have been taken to the University Teaching Hospital in Maiduguri.

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