Suicide blast kills 30 in Nigeria: local police

A suicide bomb blast killed 30 people inside a local mosque in the town of Mubi in the northeastern Nigerian state of Adamawa early Tuesday, the police said.

Othman Abubakar, spokesman for the police of Adamawa state, told reporters the dawn attack was perpetrated by an unidentified teenage boy who set off the suicide vest he wore to the mosque in Kunu Araha, a suburb town of Mubi in Adamawa.

"Immediately after the prayers, he detonated the bomb," Abubakar said. "Many of the wounded are receiving treatment at various hospitals in Mubi North where the attack occurred."

Eyewitnesses told Xinhua most of the wounded victims were in critical conditions.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the suicide blast, but the security authorities and local residents are suspecting that the terror group Boko Haram carried out the attack.

In October 2014, Mubi was captured and placed under the control of Boko Haram.

Less than a month later, government forces conquered Boko Haram in the town and recaptured the town from them.

The attack has been the first in the town since it was recaptured from Boko Haram three years ago.

Boko Haram has been blamed for the death of more than 20,000 people and displacement of 2.3 million others in Nigeria since 2009.