{"id":59915,"date":"2020-01-27T15:16:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T07:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=59915"},"modified":"2020-01-27T15:16:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T07:16:10","slug":"nigeria-four-die-as-suicide-bomber-hits-borno-mosque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=59915","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Four die as suicide bomber hits Borno mosque"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/africa\/Four-die-as-suicide-bomber-hits-Borno-mosque-848809?gallery=1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/572\/57212430.295.jpg\" alt=\"File photo\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>ABUJA, Jan 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Four persons died during a suicide attack on a mosque in Gwoza, southern Borno State.<br><br>Gwoza was, at the peak of the ongoing Boko Haram insurgency, the administrative capital and caliphate of the terrorist group.<br><br>A witness said that the suicide bomber ran into a group of worshippers during early morning prayer.<br><br>The suicide bomber died together with three worshippers in the mosque.<br><br>He said several other persons were injured in the explosion which shook the mosque.<br><br>A top security agent, who did not want his name mentioned, said that 13 worshippers had injuries and were assisted to a health centre for treatment.<br><br>Reacting to the attack, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, demanded the return of the Chadian forces which were withdrawn recently after ending a mission spanning several months.<br><br>Ndume said it had become necessary for the Army to redeploy more soldiers to the Maiduguri-Damaturu Road. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABUJA, Jan 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Four persons died during a suicide attack on a mosque in Gwoza, southern Borno State. Gwoza was, at the peak of the ongoing Boko Haram insurgency, the administrative capital and caliphate of the terrorist group. A witness said that the suicide bomber ran into a group of worshippers during early [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59915"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}