Two bomb attacks in north-eastern Nigeria have incurred lives of at the least 42 people and more than 100 injured, officials state.
At least 27 people have died when a bomb targeted a newly opened mosque in the town of Yola. Earlier, around 15 people were killed in a suicide bombing in Maiduguri.
It still remains ambiguous as to who carried out the bombings but the Islamist militant group Boko Haram has carried out many attacks in the same area. The group has targeted both, Christians and Muslims, who do not adhere to their ideology.
The first blast, in Maiduguri, occurred early on Friday morning as worshippers arrived for dawn prayers. The second, a much grander blast targeted worshippers attending Friday prayers at a newly inaugurated mosque in the Jimeta area of Yola.
Thousands of people have been killed and millions forced to leave their homes by Boko Haram violence in recent years.
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