Death toll in Nigeria twin suicide blasts rises to 58

TIL Desk/World/Abuja/ The death toll in the last week’s double twin suicide attack in Nigeria rose to 58, a government official said on Monday. The death toll is likely to rise as rescue operations are still on.

“More people are still being looked for. At the moment, the total number of corpses so far recovered is 58,” Zubairu Mai Gwari, emir of the Birnin-Gwari Local Government said.

On Monday, the Nigerian government tightened security by deploying hundreds of soldiers in the town of Mubi in Adamawa State to prevent any untoward incidents. The bombing attacks took place near a mosque and a market in the town last Tuesday.

The incident took place in the town of Mubi in Adamawa State at around 1 pm local time as worshippers amassed for afternoon prayers. “The first bomber went into the mosque while they were praying and detonated his explosives killing four people,” a spokesman for the Adamawa State police, Othman Abubakar told.

The second bomber who was a few hundred meters afar detonated his device as well, as worshippers fled the mosque, which claimed another 20 lives. No terror outfit or group has claimed the responsibility for the attack so far.