Scores of people are feared to have been killed in the blast
The blasts happened outside the Grand Mosque in Kano, the biggest city in the Muslim north of the country (Photo: AP/File)
Kano: A military official in Nigeria says scores of people are feared to have been killed and wounded in a bomb blast at a mosque.
Captain Ikechukwu Eze said the Friday blast occurred at the main mosque in the city of Kano, Nigeria's second-largest city. Hundreds had gathered to listen to a sermon from the chief imam of Kano.
Witnesses say heavy smoke could be seen billowing in the sky from a long distance away.
Rescue operations are underway at the bomb site, with the injured and dead being taken away from the scene.
( Source : AP )
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