At least 37 dead after suicide bombers attack two Nigerian mosques

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Kano, Muharram 10, 1437, Oct 23, 2015, SPA -- Two suicide bombings at mosques in north-eastern Nigeria killed at least 37 people Friday, emergency services officials and a witness said according to dpa. At least 27 people died and more than 90 were injured in Yola when a bomber rushed into a crowd of worshippers leaving a mosque after prayers, national emergency agency coordinator Saad Bello said. Thirty people were also taken to hospital after being injured in a stampede that followed the explosion, an emergency services official who requested anonymity said. At least 10 worshippers in Maiduguri were killed when a bomber walked into the Subhi Mosque during morning prayers and detonated explosives in the middle of the faithful, witness Ali Garba said. --SPA 02:44 LOCAL TIME 23:44 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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