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Twin blasts at mosque in northern Nigeria kill at least 24 By ibrahim abdul'aziz, associated pressYOLA, Nigeria — May 1, 2018, 11:36 AM ETA pair of explosions killed at least 24 worshippers at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria, with many of the victims caught in the second blast while trying to flee, police said Tuesday.The attack in Mubi town came a day after President Muhammadu Buhari met with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House and discussed the threat from the Nigeria-based Boko Haram extremist group. Its fighters were quickly blamed for Tuesday's blasts.This is the second time in six months that dozens have been killed in an attack on a Mubi mosque. In November, a teenage suicide bomber attacked worshippers as they gathered for morning prayers, killing at least 50 people in one of the region's deadliest assaults in years.Read more at: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/twin-blasts-mosque-northern-nigeria-kill-24-54853384
