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Saturday, November 29, 2014

Hundreds feared dead as suicide bombers and gunmen storm mosque in northern Nigeria Friday Nov 28,2014

 Smoke billows outside the mosque where witnesses reported at least three separate explosions. Hundreds had gathered to listen to a sermon from the city's chief imam and prayers had already been under way
At least 120 people are feared dead and 270 more injured after gunmen and suicide bombers attacked a mosque in northern Nigeria during Friday prayers this afternoon.
A witness said the imam 'was about to start prayer when he saw somebody in a car trying to force himself into the mosque. But when stopped, he detonated the explosions. People started running helter-skelter'

Witnesses reported three separate explosions and said the gunmen opened fire on worshippers in the assault at the Grand mosque in Kano, in the west African country's second-largest city.
A crowd looks at the wreckage left after multiple bombings at Grand Mosque in Kano. At least 120 are feared dead and 270 injured after gunmen and suicide bombers attacked the mosque today during Friday prayers

Nigerian Captain Ikechukwu Eze confirmed the blasts at the site where hundreds had gathered to listen to a sermon from the city's chief imam and prayers were under way at 2pm local time.
A car damaged from the blasts. Local Muslim leader the Emir of Kano last week called for people to arm themselves against Islamist militant group Boko Haram - whom analysts believe are behind the attack
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