Suicide bomber Martyrs six at Nigeria mosque

Nigeria’s military says a suicide bomber has detonated his explosive vest inside a mosque in the country’s northeast, martyring six worshippers.

Nigeria’s military says a suicide bomber has detonated his explosive vest inside a mosque in the country’s northeast, martyring six worshippers.

An army spokesman, Colonel SaniKukasheka Usman, said in a statement that two bombers first tried the larger Damboa Central Mosque early Friday but were kept from entering by armed soldiers acting as mosque security.

He said one bomber detonated and killed only himself near the Damboa Central Mosque, but the other bomber entered a smaller mosque and martyred six with his blast.

Damboa is 70 kilometers from Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno.

Officials often blame such blasts on Boko Haram extremists who have killed hundreds this year in the region.