Suicide bombers kill at least six in Nigeria mosques: witnesses

KANO: Suicide bombers attacked two mosques in northeast Nigeria´s Yobe state late Tuesday killing at least six people and injuring several others, witnesses told AFP blaming the Boko Haram .

The first explosion rocked an open air mosque in the Dogo Tebo area of the town of Potiskum around 7:55 pm (1855 GMT) leaving four people dead.

The second blast five minutes later at a mosque within the compound of the chief imam in the town´s Anguwar Bolawa area killed at least two worshippers.

"A suicide bomber we believe was from Boko Haram blew himself up at the open air mosque," witness Balarabe Dahiru said.

"We took four dismembered bodies of the victims to the hospital along with five others who were injured," said Dahiru who was sitting outside his house when the blast happened.

The body of the suicide bomber was left untouched by residents in protest, he said.