{"id":29643,"date":"2014-07-30T11:52:32","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T10:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=29643"},"modified":"2014-07-30T11:52:32","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T10:52:32","slug":"suicide-bombers-attack-two-mosques-yobe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/suicide-bombers-attack-two-mosques-yobe\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicide Bombers Attack Two Mosques In Yobe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">KANO (AFP) \u2013 Suicide bombers attacked two mosques in Yobe state late<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tuesday killing at least six people and injuring several others, witnesses<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">told AFP blaming the Boko Haram Islamists.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The first explosion rocked an open air mosque belonging to a Shiite Muslim<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">sect in the Dogo Tebo area of the town of Potiskum around 7:55 pm (1855<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">GMT) leaving four people dead.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The second blast five minutes later at a mosque within the compound of the<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">chief imam in the town\u2019s Anguwar Bolawa area killed at least two<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">worshippers.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cA suicide bomber we believe was from Boko Haram blew himself up at the<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">open air mosque used by Shiites which they name Saqafa shortly after<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">saying their evening prayers there,\u201d witness Balarabe Dahiru said.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cWe took four dismembered bodies of the victims to the hospital along with<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">five others who were injured,\u201d said Dahiru who was sitting outside his<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">house when the blast happened.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The body of the suicide bomber was left untouched by residents in protest,<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">he said.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Resident Awwal Maikusa who gave a similar account said a second blast<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">occurred five minutes later.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThey are obviously the handiwork of Boko Haram,\u201d Maikusa said of the two<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">attacks.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cWe were trying to deal with the suicide blast in our neighbourhood when a<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">second explosion was heard which we later learnt was from the chief imam\u2019s<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">compound,\u201d he said.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A suicide bomber went inside the mosque while Muslim faithful were saying<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">their evening prayer, said Sheriff Abdullahi who lives in the area.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThere was a loud explosion moments after the suicide bomber entered the<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">mosque,\u201d Abdullahi said.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cI saw two dead bodies whom I recognized being taken out of the mosque,\u201d<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">he said.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The town was locked down by soldiers following the attacks, with residents<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ordered to remain indoors.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Potiskum, Yobe state\u2019s commercial hub, has been the scene of repeated<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">deadly Boko Haram attacks in the last four years although they have become<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">rarer in recent months.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KANO (AFP) \u2013 Suicide bombers attacked two mosques in Yobe state lateTuesday killing at least six people and injuring several others, witnessestold AFP blaming the Boko Haram Islamists.The first explosion&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter 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