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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." Following the explosions, gunmen opened fire at people. According to national police spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu, the angry mob killed four gunmen after the shootings.
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condemned the attacks and ordered the national security services "to launch a full-scale investigation and to leave no stone unturned until all agents of terror undermining the right of every citizen to life and dignity are tracked down and brought to justice". In December 2014, the leader of the
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The attack occurred on 28 November 2014 when the Friday prayer was under way. Three bombs were detonated when the prayers had just started. According to an eyewitness, two blasts were in the courtyard, while the third was on a nearby road. Another eyewitness said, "The imam was about to start
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According to reports, upon a request for help from Nigeria, Britain was considering sending military trainers to aid the Nigerian military in resisting the Boko Haram terrorist attacks.
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by the Boko Haram militants. A bomb attack was also foiled near a mosque in Maiduguri hours before the Kano bombings. A roadside bomb, suspected to be remote-controlled, was defused.
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National Post: "Boko Haram kidnaps 191, murders dozens as the group threatens Muslim leader for telling Nigerians to fight back" by Mustapha Muhammad
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Daily Post: "Kano blast: 150 worshipers killed in ‘Sanusi’s Mosque’ after he travelled to Saudi Arabia" by Ameh Comrade Godwin
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On 25 November, two female suicide bombers killed over 45 people in a crowded market in
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was a terrorist attack on November 28, 2014, at the Central Mosque (Grand Mosque) in
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2014 Islamist terror attack in Northern Nigeria, Nigeria
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Scores killed in mosque attack in Nigerian city of Kano
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2014 Nigeria mosque bombings
Islamist insurgency in Nigeria

Kano
Kano State
Nigeria
Coordinates
11°59′40.62″N 8°31′0.92″E / 11.9946167°N 8.5169222°E / 11.9946167; 8.5169222
WAT
Boko Haram
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Boko Haram insurgency
Boko Haram
Timeline
2009 uprising
2011 clashes
Sokoto
Damboa
Chibok
Konduga (2014)
Cameroon
Kolofata
W Africa
Niger (2015)
Konduga (2015)
Damasak
Niger (2016)
Rann

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