US EditionBlast at mosque in Nigeria kills 5 and injures more than 30 in apparent suicide attack
At least five worshippers died and 35 were injured in a suspected suicide bombing during Maghrib prayers at a crowded mosque amid ongoing insurgent violence in northeastern Nigeria.
- On Dec 24, an explosion ripped through the Jumu'at mosque in Maiduguri's Gamboru market during Maghrib prayers, killing at least seven worshippers and injuring others.
- Maiduguri had been relatively calm with no major attack since 2021, but Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province retain the capacity for suicide and IED attacks, previously targeting mosques.
- Police said Five killed and 35 injured, describing the blast as likely a suicide attack, while mosque leader Malam Abuna Yusuf said eight died and militia leader Babakura Kolo said seven; preliminary forensics recovered fragments of a suspected suicide vest.
- Police spokesman Nahum Daso said `We can confirm there has been an explosion` and that an explosive ordnance disposal team was on site as security operatives cordoned off the area and traders and residents fled.
- The U.N. records show the insurgency in northeast Nigeria has killed at least 40,000 and displaced about two million since 2009, while analysts and officials warn of renewed violence this year.
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An explosion caused at least five deaths and 35 injuries in a mosque in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, on 24 December 2025. The police and the army are talking about a probable suicide attack. The attack occurred in the evening, at the time of the evening prayer of 6pm. For more than 15 years, north-eastern Nigeria has been the epicentre of a jihadist insurrection that killed thousands and nearly two million displaced people. Boko Haram …
The bomb exploded inside the Al-Adum Juma'at Mosque, packed with faithful who had gathered for the evening prayer around 6 p.m. (7 p.m. GMT).
Five people were killed in an attack on a mosque in Nigeria.
In the north-east of Nigeria, an explosive device was ignited during the evening prayer in the city of Maiduguri. Five people died, at least 35 more were injured.
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