Nigeria, Dec. 25 -- Five people were killed and 35 others injured in a suspected suicide bombing attack on Al-Adum Juma'at mosque inside Gomboru market in Maiduguri, Borno State.

PREMIUM TIMES reports that the bomb blast occurred on Wednesday evening, when worshippers were observing their evening prayers.

HumAngle reports that the police spokesperson in Borno, Nahum Daso, confirmed the attack, estimating that five people lost their lives and 35 others sustained injuries.

Mr Daso, an assistant superintendent of police, said the police suspect that a suicide bomber carried out the attack.

He explained that the police recovered remnants believed to be from a suicide vest and also obtained eyewitness accounts, adding that investigations a...