The Kano Central Mosque witness a very Bloody Friday, with a 120 people dead and several hundred injured when two bomb exploded inside and outside the Mosque vicinity,
The attack, suspected to be from the Boko Haram Insurgent group was followed by sporadic gun fire from about 10 men believe to be member of the group
Rescue official who spoke to Agence france- presse put the casualty figure to be about 400, with 120 killed and 270 injured in the explosion that rock the Mosque
"A worshipper, Aminu Abdullahi, who also spoke to AFP, said, “Two bombs exploded, one after the other, in the premises of the Grand Mosque seconds after the prayers had started.”
“A third one went off in a nearby road close to the Qadiriyya Sufi order. The blasts were followed by gunshots by the police to scare off potential attacks.”
The Emir of kano who normally lead the prayer was in Saudi Arabia when the bomb blast occurred,
The 10,000 capacity Mosque is near the Emir's Palace.
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