THROWBACKTHISDAY ; Gunmen set off three bombs at the central mosque in the northern city of Kano

                                        

 

The 2014 Kano bombing was a terrorist attack on November 28, 2014 at the Central Mosque (Grand Mosque) in Kano, the biggest city in the mainly Muslim Northern Nigeria during the Islamist insurgency in Nigeria. The mosque is next to the palace of the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, Nigeria's second most senior Muslim cleric, who had urged the civilians to protect themselves by arming up against Boko Haram. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up and gunmen opened fire on those who were trying to escape. Around 120 people were killed and another 260 injured. The attack occurred on November 28, 2014 when the Friday prayers were underway. Three bombs detonated when the prayers had just started.

According to an eyewitness, two blasts occurred in the courtyard, while the third one took place on a nearby road. Another eyewitness said, "The imam was about to start prayer when he saw somebody in a car trying to force himself into the mosque. But when people stopped him, he detonated the explosions. People started running helter-skelter."^[8] Following the explosions, gunmen opened fire at people. According to National police spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu, the angry mob killed four gunmen after the shootings.

THROWBACKTHISDAY; makes it 1 year and TBT Blog remembers the victims.