Nigeria: dozens killed and hundreds hurt in Kano mosque attack
Dozens of people have been killed and perhaps hundreds injured in a suicide bomb and gun attack on the central mosque in north Nigeria's biggest city Kano.
It bears the hallmarks of Boko Haram militants whose targets have included mosques that don't share their radical Islamist ideology.
Hospital sources have estimated that more than 80 people died. Earlier, emergency teams put the figure at 120.
Reports say one or more bombs went off, before armed men fired on worshippers trying to flee.
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KANO MOSQUE BOMB BLAST - Victims receiving attention; groaning in pain; still in shock from attack at the central mosque
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Nigeria mosque attack death toll rises to 102
In northern Nigeria, at least 102 people have reportedly been killed in a bomb attack at the central mosque in the city of Kano on Friday, after multiple explosions hit the mosque. No one has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Nigeria: Kano Mosque Blasts Death Toll Above 102
a hospital worker said more than 102 people were killed in the bomb explosions at the central mosque in Kano. A mortuary attendant at the Murtala specialist hospital Kano, Malam Isa Labaran, on Saturday told Associated Press that he counted over 102 dead bodies deposited inside the mortuary on Friday after the multiple explosions at the mosque. Hundreds had gathered in the mosque Friday to listen to a sermon in a region terrorized by attacks from the extremist group Boko Haram. Boko Haram has not claimed responsibility, but the attack bears the hallmarks of the militant group that has carried out numerous such attacks in northern Nigeria, including in Kano.
Nigeria mosque attack: at least 120 dead, 270 wounded
The death toll from a suicide bomb and gun attack at a the central mosque in Nigeria's Kano city has risen to 120 with 270 others wounded. Duration: 01:17
Friday's Mosque Attack Killed 100, Wounded 135 in Nigeria's Kano: State Governor
A total of 100 people were killed in Friday's coordinated attack on the central mosque of north Nigeria's biggest city of Kano and 135 people were wounded, the governor of Kano state said on Saturday.
Rabiu Musa Kwankaso was speaking to reporters after visiting one of the hospitals treating the victims. Officials had said on Friday that 81 people had been killed in the attack.
Gunmen set off three bombs and opened fire on worshippers at the main mosque in Kano in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Islamist Boko Haram militants, although the attack has not yet been claimed.
Scores killed in Nigeria mosque blasts
At least 81 people have been killed and 150 others injured after two bombs exploded outside the central mosque of north Nigeria's biggest city, Kano, as residents were packing into the area for Friday prayers. Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh reports from Yola.
Dozens dead, hundreds injured in Nigerian mosque attack
At least 100 people were killed by explosions and gunfire at a Nigeria mosque. The attack took place Friday, as hundreds of worshipers gathered in the northern city of Kano. Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan condemned the attack, as authorities search for those responsible. CCTV America's Jane Kiyo reported the story.
Aftermath of blast at mosque which killed 35 people
Multiple explosions tore through the central mosque in Nigeria's second-largest city on Friday killing 35 people, police said.
One hundred and fifty others sustained various degrees of injury in the blasts in the city of Kano, State Deputy Police Commissioner Sanusi Lemu said.
Hundreds had gathered to listen to a sermon in a region terrorised by attacks from the militant group Boko Haram.
Witnesses said heavy smoke could be seen billowing in the sky from a long distance away.
Immediately after the blasts, hundreds of angry youths took to the streets, throwing stones, brandishing sticks and shouting at security officials.
The palace of the Emir of Kano is near the central mosque.
Palace officials said that the Emir - one of the highest ranking Islamic figures in Nigeria - is currently out of the country.
Boko Haram has not claimed responsibility, but the attack bears the hallmarks of the militant group that has carried out numerous such attacks in northern Nigeria, including others in Kano.
In September, two suicide bombers killed at least 15 students at a government college and in July, five suicide bombings were carried out over the course of a week. More than 1,500 have been killed this year in the insurgency.
The attack drew condemnation from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon who called the attack horrific, pledged UN support for Nigeria's fight against terrorism, and called for the perpetrators to be swiftly brought to justice, according to his spokesman.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan condemned the attack.
Meanwhile, a police anti-bomb squad defused six bombs planted near a mosque and a market in the northeastern city of Maiduguri on Friday, according to a Borno state police spokesman.
Fears are running high in Maiduguri, a major commercial centre and historic city of more than one million people, after two female suicide bombers detonated explosives on Tuesday at a commercial centre, killing at least 70 people.
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Mass wedding in Nigeria's Kano state ahead of Ramadan
A mass Islamic wedding was organised on Saturday in Nigeria's city of Kano at the city's central mosque.
These are the grooms dressed up for this very important occasion.
The expressions on their faces clearly show the importance of the day.To get married to the women they love but above all to get a new status in society.
The mass wedding organised by local authorities saw some 1,500 couples tie the knot, just ahead of the Ramadan season which starts on May 6, 2019.
According to a governme…
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12 Killed In Kano Motor Park Suicide Bombing
Twelve persons have been killed after a bomb went off in Kano, Kano State in Nigeria’s north western region.
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Nigeria Mosque Attack
A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a mosque in the northeastern Nigerian city of Gombe on Tuesday killing at least two other people and wounding 14 during prayers. VOA’s Vincent Makori reports.
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Mosque prayer service in Nigeria after attacks kill 150
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1. Close of emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, praying for those killed in attack by Islamist sect
2. Various of prayers
3. Close of Kano state Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso
4. Bayero praying, wearing dark glasses
5. Bayero leaving after prayers
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Aminu Garba, vox pop:
We are not safe at all. We are not safe. This is why yesterday there was a bust tyre, all of the people leave their goods and leave their property and run away, so we are not safe at all.
7. Mid of Bayero walking in procession
8. Wide of crowd
9. Tilt-up Bayero surrounded by crowd
STORYLINE
The emir of Kano and the state's top politician offered prayers on Monday for the more than 150 people killed in a coordinated attack by a radical Islamist sect, though fear kept many Nigerians from coming to the mosque.
Emir Ado Bayero, 81, whispered to God through a microphone at a mosque in Kano, a city of more than nine (m) million in Nigeria's Muslim north.
The mosque sat half empty for the special service on Monday. Secret police officers in ill-fitting suits stood guard with assault rifles out of fear the sect known as Boko Haram could strike again.
Bayero was joined at the mosque by Kano state Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso. Residents of the city of more than nine (m) million tried to restore a semblance of normality, but nerves were on edge.
The emir left the mosque on Monday morning leaning on a cane, moving slowly. Dark sunglasses hid the bags under his eyes.
Aminu Garba, 38, who stood outside the mosque after the prayer service, said his wife suffered a miscarriage during Friday's attack.
We are not safe at all. We are not safe, Garba said. He described hearing a tyre burst on Sunday, causing people nearby to drop whatever they were carrying and run away.
The Nigerian Red Cross estimates more than 150 people died in Friday's attack in Kano, which saw at least two Boko Haram suicide bombers detonate explosive-laden cars.
The attack hit police stations, immigration offices and the local headquarters of Nigeria's secret police, leaving corpses lying in the streets across the city, many wearing police or other security agency uniforms.
The scale of the attack left President Goodluck Jonathan speechless as he toured what remained of a regional police headquarters on Sunday.
A Boko Haram spokesman using the nom de guerre Abul-Qaqa claimed responsibility for the attacks in a message to journalists on Friday. He said the attack came because the state government refused to release Boko Haram members held by the police.
The coordinated attack in Kano represents Boko Haram's deadliest assault since beginning a campaign of terror last year.
Boko Haram has killed 226 people so far in 2012, more than half of the 510 people the sect killed in all of 2011, according to an Associated Press count.
Nigeria's weak central government has been unable to stop the attacks.
Boko Haram, which means Western education is sacrilege in the Hausa language of Nigeria's north, wants to implement strict Shariah law and avenge the deaths of Muslims in communal violence across Nigeria, a multiethnic nation of more than 160 (m) million people split largely into a Christian south and Muslim north.
While the sect has begun targeting Christian living in the north, the majority of those killed on Friday appeared to be Muslim, officials have said.
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Nigeria - Aftermath of blast at mosque which killed 35 people / At least four killed when two female
Aftermath of blast at mosque which killed 35 people
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Kano - 28 Nov 2014
1. Burnt out car and people outside mosque
2. Pile of burnt bicycles outside mosque
3. Pull out from pile of burnt bicycles to people outside mosque, pan to mosque
4. Wide of police outside mosque
5. Wide of burnt out car and bicycles outside mosque, crowd behind police cordon
At least four killed when two female suicide bombers detonated their explosives
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Kano - 10 Dec 2014
6. Various of locals gathered around burnt out scooter at scene of Wednesday's suicide bomb attack at the central
7. Police and locals standing around scene
8. Top shot of crowd of police and locals at scene of blast
9. Armed security at scene ++MUTE++
STORYLINE:
On November 28th 2014 multiple explosions tore through the central mosque in Nigeria's second-largest city killing 35 people, police said.
One hundred and fifty others sustained various degrees of injury in the blasts in the city of Kano, State Deputy Police Commissioner Sanusi Lemu said.
Hundreds had gathered to listen to a sermon in a region terrorised by attacks from the militant group Boko Haram.
Witnesses said heavy smoke could be seen billowing in the sky from a long distance away.
Immediately after the blasts, hundreds of angry youths took to the streets, throwing stones, brandishing sticks and shouting at security officials.
The palace of the Emir of Kano is near the central mosque.
Palace officials said that the Emir - one of the highest ranking Islamic figures in Nigeria - is currently out of the country.
Boko Haram has not claimed responsibility, but the attack bears the hallmarks of the militant group that has carried out numerous such attacks in northern Nigeria, including others in Kano.
In September, two suicide bombers killed at least 15 students at a government college and in July, five suicide bombings were carried out over the course of a week. More than 1,500 have been killed this year in the insurgency.
The attack drew condemnation from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon who called the attack horrific, pledged UN support for Nigeria's fight against terrorism, and called for the perpetrators to be swiftly brought to justice, according to his spokesman.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan condemned the attack.
Meanwhile, a police anti-bomb squad defused six bombs planted near a mosque and a market in the northeastern city of Maiduguri on November 28th, according to a Borno state police spokesman.
Fears are running high in Maiduguri, a major commercial centre and historic city of more than one million people, after two female suicide bombers detonated explosives on November 25th at a commercial centre, killing at least 70 people.
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Four people were killed when two female suicide bombers detonated their explosives on December 10th in the northern city of Kano, said Nigerian police.
Kano State Police Commissioner Aderenle Shinaba said the explosions happened in the busy Kantin Kwari textile market located in the centre of Kano, Nigeria's second largest city.
The casualty figure does not include the suicide bombers.
Seven people were injured, said Shinaba.
Nigeria's Islamic extremist group Boko Haram is suspected of carrying out the bombings.
An eyewitness said the two female bombers were disguised as customers.
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'Many killed' in Nigeria mosque attack
Dozens of people are believed to have been killed in a bombing and gun attack on a mosque in northern Nigeria.
It happened as worshippers gathered for Friday prayers at the central mosque in the city of Kano.
The are understood to have been three blasts next to and in the grounds of the mosque. Gunmen then opened fire on worshippers as they fled.
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Aftermath of blast at mosque which killed 35, injured in hospital, security
Multiple explosions tore through the central mosque in Nigeria's second-largest city on Friday killing 35 people, police said.
One hundred and fifty others sustained various degrees of injury in the blasts in the city of Kano, State Deputy Police Commissioner Sanusi Lemu said.
Hundreds had gathered to listen to a sermon in a region terrorised by attacks from the militant group Boko Haram.
Witnesses said heavy smoke could be seen billowing in the sky from a long distance away.
Immediately after the blasts, hundreds of angry youths took to the streets, throwing stones, brandishing sticks and shouting at security officials.
The palace of the Emir of Kano is near the central mosque.
Palace officials said that the Emir - one of the highest ranking Islamic figures in Nigeria - is currently out of the country.
Boko Haram has not claimed responsibility, but the attack bears the hallmarks of the militant group that has carried out numerous such attacks in northern Nigeria, including others in Kano.
In September, two suicide bombers killed at least 15 students at a government college and in July, five suicide bombings were carried out over the course of a week. More than 1,500 have been killed this year in the insurgency.
The attack drew condemnation from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon who called the attack horrific, pledged UN support for Nigeria's fight against terrorism, and called for the perpetrators to be swiftly brought to justice, according to his spokesman.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan condemned the attack.
Meanwhile, a police anti-bomb squad defused six bombs planted near a mosque and a market in the northeastern city of Maiduguri on Friday, according to a Borno state police spokesman.
Fears are running high in Maiduguri, a major commercial centre and historic city of more than one million people, after two female suicide bombers detonated explosives on Tuesday at a commercial centre, killing at least 70 people.
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Outrage in Nigeria over Boko Haram attacks
Nigeria's government is facing mounting criticism of its ability to combat Boko Haram. More than 100 people died when suicide bombers hit Kano's central mosque before Friday prayers. Despite President Goodluck Jonathan vowing to leave no stone unturned in his hunt for those responsible, he is being roundly criticised in his inability to defeat the armed group. Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh reports from Yola in northeastern Nigeria.
Bombs, gunfire kill over 120 at crowded mosque in Nigeria
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There′s been yet another shocking terrorist attack in Nigeria.
At least one-hundred-20 people have been killed and hundreds more wounded in a bomb attack on the Central Mosque of Kano in the north of the country.
Reports say gunmen set off three bombs and fired on worshippers in an assault that bore the hallmarks of Islamist Boko Haram militants.
Local residents believe the attack was a reprisal for a regional leader′s call to arms against the terror group.
Nigeria′s President Goodluck Jonathan said he would leave no stone unturned tracking down the perpetrators and he urged Nigerians to confront what he called their common enemy.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon also condemned the attack.