Mosque attack in Nigeria’s north injures at least 24 people, including children
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 24 worshippers, including four children, were injured in northern Nigeria’s Kano state after a man attacked the mosque where they were praying early Wednesday morning, resulting in an explosion, the police said.
The suspect, a 38-year-old resident of the area, confessed that he attacked the mosque in Kano’s remote Gadan village “purely in hostility following prolonged (a) family disagreement,” police spokesman Abdullahi Haruna said in a statement.
The incident caused panic in Kano, northern Nigeria’s largest state, where periodic religion-related unrest has occurred over the years, sometimes resulting in violence.
Haruna said preliminary forensic analysis suggested a gasoline explosion, but a full investigation was still going.
The police have also cordoned off the scene while the injured were rushed to a hospital in the state capital.
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