Gunmen bomb and shoot at mosque worshippers in north Nigeria's Kano

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Source: Reuters

Gunmen exploded bombs and opened fire on worshippers gathered at the central mosque of north Nigeria's biggest city, Kano, for Friday prayers, witnesses said, in an attack that bore the hallmarks of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

"These people have bombed the mosque. I am face to face with people screaming," said Chijjani Usman, a local reporter who had gone to the mosque in the old city for prayers himself.

The mosque is adjacent to the palace of the emir of Kano, the second highest Islamic authority in the country, although the emir himself, former central bank governor Lamido Sanusi, was not present at the time.

A staff member at the palace who also witnessed the attack said: "After multiple explosions, they also opened fire. I cannot tell you the level of casualties because we all ran away."

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/28/us-nigeria-violence-idUSKCN0JC1DS20141128

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An eyewitness told the BBC he had counted about 50 bodies, but this figure has not been verified.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-30250950

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1. Rescue official: 64 dead, 126 injured

The rescue official, speaking to Agence France-Presse, put the casualty toll at 64 dead and 126 hurt, although this has not been independently confirmed.

One worshipper, Aminu Abdullahi, told the agency: "Two bombs exploded, one after the other, in the premises of the mosque seconds after the prayers had started."

He said the third blast was on a nearby road.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-30250950

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2. Boko Haram's crimes paid for by innocent people.

This is exactly what happens when religion, especially in its violent form, is used for political gain.

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3. At least 120 dead in Nigeria mosque attack

At least 120 dead in Nigeria mosque attack

KANO, Nigeria: At least 120 people have been killed and 270 others wounded in a bomb and gun attack at the mosque of one of Nigeria's top Islamic leaders.

The attack at the Grand Mosque in Kano, the biggest city in the mainly Muslim north of the country, came just as Friday prayers had started.

The mosque is attached to the palace of the Emir of Kano Muhammad Sanusi II, Nigeria's second most senior Muslim cleric, who last week urged civilians to take up arms against Boko Haram.

The blasts came after a bomb attack was foiled against a mosque in the northeastern city of Maiduguri earlier on Friday, five days after two female suicide bombers killed over 45 people in the city.

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/at-least-120-dead-in-nigeria-mosque-attack-20141128-11wk58.html