Two Nigerian Women Suicide Bombers Blast Them in Mosque Killing 22 Worshippers

Militant Islamists Boko Haram have often targeted the city in their seven-year insurgency.

Two female suicide bombers have attacked a mosque in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing 22 worshippers short while ago, emergency officials say.

The first bomber struck inside the mosque, while the second blew herself up outside as survivors tried to flee, eye witnesses revealed.

Seventeen other people were wounded in the attack, an official release said.