Scores of people are feared dead in a bomb
blast at Kano Central Mosque, near the Emir’s
palace, witnesses and the spokesperson of the
Military Joint Task Force in the state, Captain
Ikechukwu Eze, have said.
Witnesses said the bomb went off as Muslim
faithful prepared for their Friday jumaat
prayers, causing serious pandemonium as
people ran helter-skelter for dear lives.
The explosion, which went off at about 2 p.m.
before the Imam of the mosque, Sani
Zahradeen, began his sermon, was said to
have been followed by sporadic gunshots.
The number of casualties is not yet known.
Already the police have cordoned off the
entire area while the entire mosque has been
deserted.
Details later…
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