17 Muslims killed, 35 injured in Yobe Mosques attacks
A security report has revealed that some parts of Potiskum town of Yobe State in North East Nigeria boiled on Tuesday night as no fewer than 17 worshippers were killed by suspected insurgents, who launched attacks on two separate mosques in the town.
The mosques according to the report were located at the Kalli Alkali area, around the Emir of Fika’s Palace, and the Sakafa Mosque close to the Potiskum central market.
Report has it that the worshippers were targeted in the two separate attacks during the evening prayer at about 7:30pm.
Sympathisers, who besieged the two mosques immediately after the attacks, were said to be horrified by the mutilated bodies of some of the victims as they littered the mosque premises.
Residents also besieged the Potiskum General Hospital to identify those affected as well as commiserate with them.
Our security sources who was at the hospital said that 17 bodies were brought from the scenes of the two attacks while 35 others affected by the blasts were currently receiving treatment at the Potiskum hospital.
The Emir of Fika and chairman Yobe State Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Mohammadu Idris, who also visited the scene of the two blasts, condemned the attacks, describing it as callous and inhuman.
He called on the people to be vigilant at all times in the fight against terrorism.
Earlier on Monday, suspected Boko Haram members had sacked a military base in the Birni Yadi area of the state before killing no fewer than eight people.
The terrorists reportedly blew off a bridge linking Damaturu, the state capital, through Birni Yadi with Borno and Adamawa states.