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UPDATE: Death Toll From Maiduguri Bombings Rises to 37.

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By Farouk Mohammed
Published: October 16, 2015
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About 37 people altogether have been killed in the recent bombings which happened in Maiduguri.

The death toll from Thursday’s attack on Molai mosque has risen to 30, according to the spokesman of NEMA, AbdulKadir Ibrahim.

“A suicide bomber came on a bicycle and attacked the mosque where the community were observing the Magrib prayer. After the first attack, the civilian JTF (youth volunteers vigilante), relatives and other people who came to rescue the victims, unknown to them the second suicide bomber was around and he detonated his explosive right in their midst killing more people.

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He added that seven persons are in critical condition.”

Also on Friday morning, there was multiple explosions at Umarari village near Molai, a suburb of Maiduguri, the capital of troubled Borno state, Northeast Nigeria, according to a resident of the area, Idris Mohammed.

He said the explosions were about 5am and 5:20am during which three female suicide bombers about 10 years old ran into houses in the village detonating bombs strapped on them.

He disclosed that seven persons, including the three suicide bombers died in the attack,

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He equally said twenty other persons were injured and have been assisted by the villagers to hospital in Maiduguri.

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