Witnesses say two bombs have exploded at Nigeria’s northeastern University of Maiduguri, killing five people.
One student said the first blast ripped through the mosque where professors were saying dawn prayers and many are feared among the victims. A university worker said the second bomb went off at an entrance gate. Both spoke on condition of anonymity for their safety.
Police spokesperson Victor Isuku confirmed Monday’s explosions but said rescuers were still ferrying the wounded to hospitals and evacuating bodies, making it difficult to give a toll.
Maiduguri has been attacked many times but this is the first attack on the university blamed on Boko Haram — the Islāmic extremist group whose name means “Western education is sinful.”
The 7-year-old Islāmic uprising has killed more than 20 000 people.
