Report from Kano suggests that scores were feared dead at Dakasoye village, Garun Mallam local goverment area of Kano, Friday, when a suicide bomber hit Shia procession on their way to Zaria, witness says.
The incident which occurred by 2.00pm was said to have affected mostly women and children.
A local Journalist, Ali Kakaki who was at the scene of the blast said the ugly incident occurred shortly after a middle aged man was caught with Improvised Explosive Device, Vanguard News says
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Muhammad Katsina, who confirmed the incident in Kano on Friday, said the incident happened around 2 p.m.
Although he declined to state the number of casualty, Katsina said the police was still trying to defuse another bomb planted ahead of the procession.
“We are at the moment trying to defuse another bomb which was planted ahead of the procession along the road,” he said..
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