ABUJA, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-five wounded victims of a suicide attack inside a local mosque in the northeastern Nigeria town of Mubi on Tuesday are in stable condition, according to a state-run hospital on Wednesday.
Ezra Sakawa, principal medical director of Mubi General Hospital, told reporters that the hospital received 48 victims, eight of whom died while receiving treatment, while 15 others were referred to the Federal Medical Center in the state capital Yola.
"The ones with us are now in stable condition and responding to treatment," Sakawa said.
A total of 58 people have died following the dawn attack early Tuesday in a suburban town of Mubi in the northern state of Adamawa, local authorities said.
Local police said the attack was perpetrated by an unidentified teenage boy who set off the suicide vest he wore to the mosque.
The teenage attacker detonated the bomb immediately after the prayers got inside the local mosque.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the suicide blast, but terror group Boko Haram is suspected to have carried out the attack.
In October 2014, Mubi was captured and under the control of Boko Haram. Less than a month later, government forces conquered Boko Haram in the town and recaptured the town from them.
The attack early Tuesday marked the first in the town since it was recaptured from Boko Haram three years ago.
Boko Haram has been blamed for the death of more than 20,000 people and displacement of 2.3 million others in Nigeria since 2009.
