MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Dhu-AlHijjah 7, 1436, Sep 21, 2015, SPA --Three blasts struck a mosque and the area near the building in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, Reuters cited a military spokesman as saying on Sunday. A hospital source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said at least eight dead bodies had been recovered from the area, with many more feared dead, and around 50 injured people had been taken to hospital for treatment. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosions on the edge of the city centre but they bore the hallmarks of Islamist militant group Boko Haram. Maiduguri, the state capital of Borno, is the birthplace of the terrorist sect which has waged a six-year insurgency in its bid to set up a state in the northeast of Africa's most populous nation. -- SPA 01:46 LOCAL TIME 22:46 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w