Some of the 700 persons rescued from Boko Haram lslamic militants by Nigerian Army, in Monguno, Nigeria, on Tuesday. Boko Haram is suspected in an attack that killed 11 people on Wednesday in an attack on a mosque in northern Nigeria. (EPA photo)ABUJA, Nigeria: A suicide bomber killed 11 people on Wednesday in an attack on a mosque in northeast Nigeria, the epicentre of the conflict with Islamist insurgency Boko Haram, military officials and an aid worker said. "After some hours, when we came to evacuation of the people, we saw 11 corpses, with the suicide bomber making (the total number of dead) 12." In November a suicide bomber killed at least 50 people in an attack on a mosque, in one of the deadliest bombings of recent years.

Source: Bangkok Post January 03, 2018 11:15 UTC