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Nigeria – Multiple Terrorist Attacks in Maiduguri, including Bombing of Mosque During Prayers

Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) urges the public to warn them if they see terrorist threats (Source: Twitter)

In Maiduguri, Nigeria, multiple terrorist attacks have taken place on the evening of October 15, and the morning of Friday, October 16, 2015. Dozens have been killed, and the death toll is still being determined, as the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) seeks to protect the lives of the Nigerian public in the northeast Nigerian Borno state region, where the attacks have taken place. The area is frequently a target of the ISIS-affiliated Boko Haram terrorist organization.

NEMA is reporting that within the past 24 hours: 5 bombs, 39 dead, and 49 injured.

On Thursday evening, multiple terrorists attacked a Maiduguri area mosque in Molai, with suicide bombs, murdering dozens of worshipers. The attacks were the result of two terrorist suicide bombers. The Nigerian Daily Times reported that: “The bombings happened during prayer time.”

The first terrorist reportedly exploded a bomb when entering the Maiduguri mosque, and the second terrorist set off another bomb, when people came to help the first victims on the scene. Police said the mosque collapsed after the explosions, injuring many more people.

News media reports range from 32 to 42 deaths in the terrorist attack on the mosque. AFP reports that a witness near the site of the blasts stated, “all of the people in the mosque died. Not a single one escaped.” Other reports indicate that many were injured in the terrorist attack on the mosque.

On Friday morning, additional terrorist attacks were made by three women as suicide bombers in the village of Umarar, also in the Maiduguri area.

In addition, seven people were killed in a separate bombing on Wednesday in Maiduguri. An emergency official told the BBC that they believe the suicide bombers could be between 11 and 15 years old.

The Nigerian Daily Times reports that the “city is often targeted” by Boko Harm “but no group has claimed responsibility for these recent attacks.”

Terrorist and extremist violence which seeks to deny our universal human rights, our human dignity, and religious freedom has no boundaries. It can strike anywhere against anyone of any faith. Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) urges people of all faiths to stand together united for our shared Universal Human Rights and defy those terrorists of every kind who would deny us the inherent freedom that we share together.

Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) urges the public to warn them if they see terrorist threats (Source: Twitter)

Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) urges the public to warn them if they see terrorist threats (Source: Twitter)