Nigerians 'bombed while praying'

The imam of the mosque which has been bombed in north-eastern Nigeria when he was leading people in prayer early this morning when the bombers struck.
Gwani Kyari said he and the congregation had just risen from prostration to God when the explosions detonated. 

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"One blast occurred inside the mosque, and the second outside my house," he added.
Mr Kyari said he had been admitted to hospital for treatment.
One suicide bomber blew up inside the mosque in north-eastern Nigeria and the second waited outside to detonate as survivors tried to escape, said Abba Aji, a coordinator of a vigilante group trying to protect people from militant Islamist group Boko Haram, the Associated Press news agency reports.  
The mosque is in the Boko Haram stronghold of Umarari on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the city which is now the command centre of the Nigerian military's campaign against Boko Haram.