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'The roof was blown off': At least 50 killed in suicide bombing at Nigerian mosque

“It was when the prayers were on that he set off his explosives,” a police spokesperson said.

AT LEAST 50 people have been killed after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a mosque in northeast Nigeria, police said.

The blast happened during early morning prayers at the Madina mosque in the Unguwar Shuwa area of Mubi, some 200 kilometres by road from the Adamawa state capital, Yola.

“So far we have at least 50 dead from an attack at a mosque in Mubi,” Adamawa state police spokesman Othman Abubakar told AFP.

“Several people were injured. We don’t have the figure now because they have been taken to several hospitals for treatment.

It was a (suicide) bomber who mingled with worshippers. He entered the mosque along with other worshippers for the morning prayers.
It was when the prayers were on that he set off his explosives.

Asked who was responsible, Abubakar said: “We all know the trend. We don’t suspect anyone specifically but we know those behind such kind of attacks.”

The attack bore all the hallmarks of Boko Haram, the Islamist militants whose insurgency has left at least 20,000 people dead and more than 2.6 million others homeless since 2009.

Haruna Furo, head of the Adamawa state emergency management agency, and Musa Hamad Bello, chairman of the Mubi north local government area, both confirmed the attack.

They gave lower death tolls but both said the number of those killed was likely to rise.

Another emergency services official described the blast as “devastating”. He said only that there were “high casualties”.

Roof blown off

Abubakar Sule, who lives near the mosque, said he had just returned home when he heard the blast.

“I was there when the rescue was on and 40 people died on the spot and several others were taken to hospital with severe and life-threatening injuries,” he added.

The roof was blown off. People near the mosque said the prayer was mid-way when the bomber, who was obviously in the congregation, detonated his explosives.
This is obviously the work of Boko Haram.

Boko Haram briefly overran Mubi in late 2014 as its fighters rampaged across northeastern Nigeria, seizing towns and villages in its quest to establish a hardline Islamic state.

The town’s name was changed temporarily to Madinatul Islam, or “City of Islam” in Arabic, during the Boko Haram occupation.

But it has been peaceful since the military and the civilian militia ousted them from the town, which is a commercial hub and home to the Adamawa State University.

In recent months, Boko Haram activity has been concentrated on the far north of Adamawa state, around Madagali, which is near the border with neighbouring Borno state.

Earlier this month, at least two civilians were killed when dozens of Boko Haram fighters tried to storm the town of Gulak but were repelled by soldiers.

There have been repeated suicide bombings in the area, which lies not far from the Sambisa Forest area of Borno, where the militants had a base.

Boko Haram fighters are also said to be hiding in the Mandara mountains, to the east of Adamawa state, which forms the border with neighbouring Cameroon.

© – AFP, 2017

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:20 PM

    Thought I had been transported to Germany in 20 years time for a moment.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:21 PM

    @Deano Cracow: Unfortunately, you’re still here

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:30 PM

    The religion of peace saying a “prayer”
    Common place now.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 1:06 PM

    I’m guessing innocents murdered in the name of Allah were not of the right kind of Islam, proof that Islam cannot live with itself. RIP to the innocent.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 2:10 PM

    @Remy: Keep guessing, you might get something right one day.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 3:08 PM

    @Cultural Marxist: This prehistoric, backwards thinking, barbaric cult that can’t even get on with itself has absolutely no business in a modern society.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 4:11 PM

    @Ronan Sexton: Are you talking about Catholicism or Islam?

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    Nov 21st 2017, 4:27 PM

    @Ronan Sexton:
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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:17 PM

    50 people dead in bomb attack in Nigeria. Story reported 15 mins ago silence on the comments section. Car drives on footpath in France kills people. Out cry on the comments section calling people murderers and s€um. And blaming and entire religion without any proof. Glad you all have you priorities in order.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:19 PM

    @Roy Dowling: shut up

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:20 PM

    You’re absolutely right, Roy. The place is overrun with JM’s types now. I want out

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:21 PM

    @Roy Dowling: Well said Roy, the racists and Alt-Right bigots are very selective in their outrage, probably preoccupied on another article bashing women.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:23 PM

    @J M Raw: Aww snowflake is that all you can say. Where is the outrage at the loss of human life. If this was in Europe you’d be saying its a tragedy and it WILL happen in Ireland. People like you are what’s wrong with this world.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:23 PM

    @Roy Dowling:
    So now you can blame people by saying nothing.
    How does that work Roy?

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:25 PM

    @Cultural Marxist:
    Here comes the jack booted feminazi. Please go away.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:27 PM

    @Bat Daly: ‘Please go away’, such a childish Alt-Right whingebag. Go to your safe space if you can’t handle the comments section.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:29 PM

    @Roy Dowling: If off the top of you head you cannot reason why there is a bigger reaction to an attack in France or anywhere else in Europe, then you deserve to be left wallowing in your own ignorance

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:32 PM

    @Bat Daly: No Bat I’m saying it shows how people really are. 50 people dead in Nigeria nothing. 4 die in France utter outrage. Tell me why is 4 deaths in France more significant than 50 deaths in Nigeria?

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:33 PM

    @Cultural Marxist: They sure as hell ain’t on about Irishmen grooming kids in Leeds…

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:34 PM

    @Cultural Marxist:
    Maybe you’re right.

    Because when you come on a thread, I feel like putting on a flak jacket and a helmet because we never know what explosive vitriol you’re going to come up with next.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:34 PM

    @Jason: Very true, no calls asking why they can’t comment on that story.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:38 PM

    @Roy Dowling:

    It’s fairly simple really. Because France is much closer and many commenters will have been to France they are emotionally closer. Furthermore, the France attack was random in the fact that it was perpetrated against innocent people on the street. This attack was further away and against innocent people in a Mosque. Most Irish people will relate to the attack in France more easily and this connection will create fear as People will think that they or their loved ones could potentially get caught in a similar attack in either Ireland or France or another European country where many readers will regularly travel to. A Mosque in Nigeria doesn’t create that connection and as such that fear.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:38 PM

    @JimmyMc: can you tell me why 50 Dead in Nigeria means less to you than 4 dead in France?
    can you also tell me how many have to die in Nigeria for people to say a prayer and change there profile pic to the Nigerian flag?.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:44 PM

    @Roy Dowling: and yet 3 comments In already Roy and the you only care about scoring points against people for not commenting.No mention of the poor victims just Roy pretending to care you’re a real shining light of humanity

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    @Roy Dowling:
    What do you mean nothing?
    Sometimes people are shocked into silence and actually think before they type.
    Just because responses did not come quick enough for your liking does not mean people don’t care.
    Also, France is slightly closer to us in culture and location. Surely you understand that.

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    @Roy Dowling:
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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:51 PM

    @Roy Dowling: lol I don’t think you’re familiar with the meaning of this lovely new term “snowflake”. In this context you are most definitely the snowflake. And maybe give people more than 15 minutes to comment on an article before you get outraged. Some people have jobs you know.

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    Roy you have disappeared. You asked People questions and they answered and you have gone. Has your internet connection gone down or do you not know how to respond?

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    Nov 21st 2017, 1:27 PM

    @Roy Dowling: it’s human nature to care more about what is closer to you and countries you feel connected to. If such a thing happened in Ireland, I’m not sure they’d give much of a damn in Nigeria or what do you think?

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    Nov 21st 2017, 3:03 PM

    @Roy Dowling: not saying they are any less tragic but deaths in europe are obviously going to be more news worthy to europeans than deaths outside europe. Like is the 1000plus people in Africa that died of hunger today any less significant ?? . Everytime something happens people like you jump on your moral high horse and play compare the tragedy like nothing else matters because you can name a bigger one. Well world hunger wins so you can stop talking about anything else

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    Nov 21st 2017, 5:19 PM

    @Roy Dowling: Muslims killing Muslims, Buddhist’s killing Muslims, great religions promoting ‘Peace’.!!

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:41 PM

    In numerical terms, the majority of victims of Jihadist style fundamentalism and terrorism are non violent Muslims.

    All human life is important regardless of religion, race, location, politics, or ethnicity.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:47 PM

    @Fiona deFreyne: does that include the Catholics burned to death in portugal that you had a good laugh at tony before you changed a/cs again that is

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:47 PM

    @Fiona deFreyne: Absolutely correct Tony. Muslims are the primary victims of Islam.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:49 PM

    @Fiona deFreyne/Tony/Michael:
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    @Fiona deFreyne:

    Hypocrite.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 2:06 PM

    @Fiona deFreyne: do they even know it’s a comment sharing site for everyone and the have the ability to mute?

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    Nov 21st 2017, 2:12 PM

    @Deborah Behan: so Fiona/tony should not be called up on his hypocrisy

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    Nov 21st 2017, 1:39 PM

    The division between Shia Muslims and Sunni,is the only thing that is saving the West ,

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:24 PM

    You’d have to assume the victims were all or mostly men given the the segregated way Muslims pray. Horrendous for all their families. What does this even win for the terrorists?

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:27 PM

    @Deborah Behan: An eternity in paradise

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    Nov 21st 2017, 1:20 PM

    @Deborah Behan: a means to rest in piss

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    Nov 21st 2017, 1:59 PM

    @Number 15: I suppose that’s how you know it’s a man made religion, the promise of loads of virgins! I wonder if they promise women anything like that.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 3:11 PM

    @Deborah Behan: They get a never ending supply of male phuckwits who have blown themselves to smithereens when they reach them in the afterlife.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 12:26 PM

    Subhuman behaviour. Not unrelated, here’s an interesting piece by the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/raqqas_dirty_secret

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    Nov 21st 2017, 2:03 PM

    @Chad Rockett: this was not secret. I saw it reported when they announced they had defeated IS in Raqqa. They were using ordinary citizens and children to shield them from bullets etc. The safest option was to allow the top IS men to leave and set the citizens free. Doesn’t mean they are not going to go after them but it did save hundreds maybe thousands of innocents.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 3:20 PM

    @Deborah Behan: Can you provide a link to that claim?

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    Nov 21st 2017, 3:21 PM

    I think you’re confusing Raqqa with Aleppo.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 4:24 PM

    @Chad Rockett:
    This was also reported in Raqqa.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 1:32 PM

    Why ? Does anybody know ? There has to be a reason. How do they justify it to themselves?

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    Nov 21st 2017, 1:36 PM

    @Anthony Byrne: Probably Trump’s fault. Defo nothing to do with islam anyway.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 2:08 PM

    @Number 15: actually it’s the wrong type of Islam they celebrate if you can wraps your head around that oxymoron.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 2:21 PM

    @Anthony Byrne: it’s called the Koran.

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    Nov 21st 2017, 2:50 PM

    @Deborah Behan: You are a poxymoron

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    Nov 21st 2017, 1:30 PM

    Omg 50 dead and how many maimed for life? How and when will this stop ?

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    Nov 21st 2017, 3:50 PM

    @Kevin Slater:
    When Islamist extremists learn to coexist with others.

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