At least 64 people died and 126
were wounded after three bombs exploded during weekly Friday
prayers at one of the biggest mosques in the Nigerian city of
Kano, rescue workers and medical sources said Friday in what is
the African country's largest northern city.
Kano's Central Mosque is located near the Emir of Kano's
palace and is where the influential Muslim leader, Lamido
Sanusi, usually leads prayers.
Sanusi has reportedly called on the faithful in the
prevalently Sunni Muslim emirate to take up arms against the
Boko Haram fundamentalist Islamist insurgency.
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