2014 Mubi bombing

On the evening of 1 June 2014, an improvised explosive device was set off at a football field in Mubi, Adamawa State, Nigeria. At least 40 people were killed in the attack, according to eyewitnesses.[1] Nineteen others were injured.[2] The perpetrators of the attack were not clear, although media reports generally blamed Boko Haram. Quotes The number of wounded was so high that we will probably see more and more people succumbing to wounds Mubi is not far away from … the epicentre of the Boko Haram insurgency. Ahmed Idris said We have 50 dead and we are now trying to get the exact number of those injured Othman Abubakar, public relations officer of the Adamawa Police Command, was quoted as saying by the News Agency of Nigeria External link