Blast at mosque in Nigeria kills 5, injures over 30

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25 Dec 2025, 14:26 GMT+10

LAGOS, Nigeria, 25th December, 2025 (WAM) -- A bomb exploded during prayers at a mosque in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri on Wednesday night, killing five people in what police described as a likely suicide attack.

Police said that 35 people were also injured in the attack.

Nahum Daso, spokesperson for the police command in the surrounding state of Borno, said in a statement that fragments of a suspected suicide vest were found at the site.

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