More than 40 people are killed in Boko Haram bomb attacks on mosque Nigeria

Boko Haram has been blamed for the deaths of more than 40 people in bomb attacks

Boko Haram has been blamed for the deaths of more than 40 people in bomb attacks at a crowded mosque and an elite restaurant in Nigeria last night.

The bombs killed 44 people and injured 67 at Yantaya Mosque and Shagalinku restaurant in Nigeria’s central city of Jos.

They are the latest in a string of attacks blamed on Boko Haram that have claimed the lives of more than 200 people in the past week in the north-east of the country.

The news of the bomb blasts was confirmed by National Emergency Management Agency coordinator Abdussalam Mohammed. 

Jos has been targeted in the past by bomb blasts claimed by Boko Haram terrorists that have killed hundreds of people.