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Boko Haram believed responsible for suicide bombing in Nigeria

Multiple people are dead following a suicide bombing in Nigeria on Friday, reports indicate.

The bomber was suspected to be a part of the Boko Haram terrorist group, the Associated Press reported. The bomb was set off during a religious march featuring hundreds of Shiite Muslims.

Police have yet to give an official death toll. A local Shiite religious leader told the AP at least 21 members of his sect were killed in the blast. Another said at least 40 people suffered injuries.

The BBC reported the march continued after the attack, which occurred 13 miles south of Kano.

Boko Haram was recently named the world’s deadliest terrorist group by the Global Terrorism Index. There were 6,644 deaths attributed to the Nigeria-based group in 2014, the report found.

The Islamic extremist group has pledged allegiance to ISIS. Together, the two were behind more than half of the world’s terrorism-related deaths, according to the Global Terrorism Index.

Nigeria also experienced the largest increase in terrorism-related fatalities in 2014, according to the Global Terrorism Index. There were 7,512 terrorism deaths in the country, the report found.

Yemeni Mosque Bombing Kills 20

A suicide bomber who was claimed by ISIS and a car bomb have killed 20 people in Yemen’s capital city.

The suicide bomber detonated at the mosque in Sanaa during the evening call to prayer.  The car bomb exploded outside the entrance of the mosque as the victims of the first bombing were being carried outside to emergency personnel.

A message on social media from ISIS claimed the attacks.

Yemen has been embroiled in a civil war since a rebel group loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh captured the capital city.  The rebels have been the subject of Saudi Arabian led and U.S. backed air strikes.

The violence is also starting to be aimed at relief workers and those trying to help the victimized civilian population.

Two Red Cross members were gunned down in the Yemeni province of Amran by an attacker on Wednesday.

“Two of our colleagues were shot and killed in their car …as they were traveling back from Saada to Sanaa,” spokesman Adnan Hizam said from the Yemeni capital.

The Red Cross had stopped work in the southern city of Aden after gunmen stormed their offices.