At least 30 people have died after two explosions at a mosque near the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, an emergency official says.
One suicide bomber detonated an explosive inside the mosque in the suburb of Mulai, a regional controller with the National Emergency Management Agency.
A second suicide bomber struck as people tried to escape, he said.
Borno state police confirmed that the mosque was hit by twin bombings but gave a lower toll of about 14 dead.
Following the explosions, the mosque collapsed and injured “many people praying”, the police said in a statement.
On Tuesday, three bombs exploded in Maiduguri, killing at least four people. Dozens of people were killed in three explosions in the city last month.
Agence France-Presse reported that the death toll could be as high as 42 from Thursday’s explosions.
