NIGERIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY BOMB BLAST IN MAIDUGURI - 1st Oct 2015

• Five Five girls were alleged to have carried out the attack, some as young as 9 years old.

• The Nigerian Military estimates 14 killed, and over 39 injured. Exact figures are yet to be ascertained. 

Many are feared dead after female suicide bombers attack Maiduguri, north-east Nigeria http://t.co/PYOaDVeoHI pic.twitter.com/WlFpcVrKr3

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According to BBC, ''The BBC's Abdullahi Kaura Abubakar in the capital, Abuja, says people were waiting for the last evening prayers when the suicide bombers struck the mosque. Officials fear that the number of those who lost their lives is likely to rise, he says. Witnesses and security sources said some of the girls were as young as nine. Our correspondent says the attacks in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, come as the military says it is winning the war against Boko Haram.''

May the souls of the departed RIP. My heart goes out to the families of the victims.