A suicide bomber killed six* people inside a mosque in northeastern Nigeria's Borno state at dawn on Friday, an army spokesman said. Nigeria's army, aided by troops from adjacent countries, has retaken over the past year most of the territory lost to Boko Haram. Damboa, 87 km (54 miles) south of the Borno capital Maiduguri, was the first town captured by Boko Haram, in July 2014. But the jihadist group, which last year pledged loyalty to Islamic State, still regularly stages suicide bombings. He said the second militant managed to get into a smaller mosque nearby and blew himself up there, killing six worshippers and wounding one other person.

Source: The Star July 08, 2016 14:48 UTC