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At least 50 dead in Nigeria mosque bombing: Police

Published: 21 Nov 2017 - 12:35 pm | Last Updated: 03 Nov 2021 - 12:52 am

AFP

Kano, Nigeria, At least 50 people were killed on Tuesday in a suicide bomb blast at a mosque in the northeastern town of Mubi, in Adamawa state, northeast Nigeria, police told AFP.

"So far we have at least 50 dead from an attack at a mosque in Mubi," said state police spokesman Othman Abubakar, indicating that Boko Haram jihadists were responsible.