Suicide bomber kills 11 people in mosque attack in northeast Nigeria

A suicide bomber has killed at least 11 people in an attack on a mosque in northeast Nigeria, on Wednesday, an attack blamed on Islamist terrorists Boko Haram.

Confirming the incident is two military officials, a resident and an aid worker.

The bomber hit the mosque in the town of Gamboru in Borno state, near Nigeria’s border with Cameroon, during dawn prayers, said Ali Mustapha, an aid worker, and Lawan Abba, a resident.

Nobody  has claimed responsibility for the attack, that bears the hallmarks of Boko Haram, a jihadist group which frequently uses suicide bombers, often women and girls, to attack crowded public places such as mosques and markets.

Despite repeated government and military assertions that the insurgency has been defeated, Boko Haram continues to carry out lethal attacks on the military and civilians. 

Last week four civilians were killed in an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants on Maiduguri, the Nigerian city at the center of the conflict with the Islamists. 

In November a suicide bomber killed at least 50 people in an attack on a mosque, in one of the deadliest bombings of recent years.