{"id":20804,"date":"2015-10-23T06:40:48","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T06:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/at-least-18-dead-in-latest-nigeria-attack\/"},"modified":"2015-10-23T06:42:53","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T06:42:53","slug":"at-least-18-dead-in-latest-nigeria-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/at-least-18-dead-in-latest-nigeria-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"At Least 18 Dead in Latest Nigeria Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-8702 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/png\/maiduguri.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{At least 18 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque in Maiduguri, Nigeria. About 20 others were wounded in the blast that occurred during morning prayers.{}}}<\/p>\n<p>Reports said two blasts went off at the mosque in the city&#8217;s Jiddari Polo area in the latest of a series of bomb attacks in the Borno State capital &#8211; birthplace of the Boko Haram militant group.<\/p>\n<p>Last Friday, at least three suicide bombers blew themselves up on the outskirts of Maiduguri, killing at least four people just hours after two suicide attacks inside a mosque in the capital where 37 people died.<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian national emergency officials say the blasts in the mosques were timed so that the second one killed many people who had gathered to offer help after the first blast. <\/p>\n<p>Last Friday&#8217;s bombs were detonated while people were gathered for evening prayers.<br \/>\nWhile no one has claimed responsibility for the blasts, Boko Haram Islamic extremists have announced their intention to create a strict Islamic state there.<br \/>\nBoko Haram has staged cross-border attacks in the other nations bordering the region. <\/p>\n<p>Rights group Amnesty International said this month that Boko Haram has killed at least 1,600 civilians since the start of June, and more than 3,500 civilians overall during 2015.<\/p>\n<p>VOIVE OF AMERICA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{At least 18 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque in Maiduguri, Nigeria. 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