An explosion tore through a mosque in northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, during evening prayers and killed seven worshippers Wednesday, a security source told AFP.

No armed groups immediately claimed responsibility for what militia leader Babakura Kolo said was a suspected bombing.

Maiduguri is the capital of Borno state, home to a yearslong insurgency from armed groups Boko Haram and it

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