Explosion dans une mosquée du Nigeria, la police évoque un "attentat suicide"
Nigerian police said Thursday they suspected a suicide bomber was behind the explosion that killed at least five people at a mosque in Maiduguri, Borno State, in the northeast of the country, the previous day.
A police spokesperson reported five deaths and 35 injuries. However, one of the mosque's officials, Malam Abuna Yusuf, told AFP that eight people had been killed.
The bomb exploded inside the Al-Adum Juma'at mosque, which was packed with worshippers who had gathered for evening prayers around 6:00 PM (5:00 PM GMT), according to witnesses and police.
The mosque is located in the Gamboru market in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, an area once plagued by shootings and bombings. The city had been calm for several years, with the last major attack occurring in 2021.
"An unknown person, whom we suspect of belonging to a terrorist group, entered the mosque and, during prayer, we recorded an explosion," police spokesman Nahum Daso told the press.
In a statement released Wednesday evening, Mr. Daso said that "the incident could be a suicide attack, based on the fragments found of what could be a vest with explosives and witness statements."
Law enforcement officers were deployed to markets and places of worship, among other locations, following the explosion.
Nigeria has been suffering an insurgency since 2009 led by the jihadist groups Boko Haram and one of its branches, the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWAP).
This conflict has caused at least 40,000 deaths and displaced approximately two million people in the northeast of the country, according to the UN.
Although violence has decreased over the past ten years, it has spread to neighbouring countries, Niger, Chad and Cameroon.
Commentaires (7)
Ses comptes principaux sont bloqués et il lui est impossible de voyager librement.
Malgré cela, elle continue à produire des vidéos, une vrai lionne indomptables.
Il faudrait créer une cagnotte anonyme, pour pouvoir également lui remettre l’argent à mains propres. Elle a tout de même été du combat, pour le départ de Macky SALL.
Voila la vidéo de son entretien sur youtube :
youtube.com/watch?v=JQfjVDUMusE
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