2014 Kano attack

2014 Boko Haram terror attack in Northern Nigeria, Nigeria September 2026 2014 Kano bombing the Boko Haram insurgency 250px Location of Kano State in Nigeria 250px Mosque 28 November 2014 14:00 WAT Kano, Kano State, Nigeria 11 59 40.62 N 8 31 0.92 E inline, title 120 260 Boko Haram The 2014 Kano bombing was a terrorist attack on 28 November 2014, at the Central Mosque (Grand Mosque) in Kano, the biggest city in the mainly Muslim Northern Nigeria during the Boko Haram 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.https://www.dawn.com/news/1147526/suicide-bombers-gunmen-kill-64-at-prominent-nigeria-mosque Suicide bombers, gunmen kill 64 at prominent Nigeria mosque AFP 28 November 2014 29 November 2014https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30250950 BBC News - Nigeria unrest: Kano mosque attack kills dozens BBC News 28 November 2014 29 November 2014http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/11/bomb-explodes-outside-nigeria-mosque-20141128142253350550.html Scores killed in Nigeria mosque blasts Al Jazeera and agencies 29 November 2014https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-violence-idUSKCN0JC1DS20141128 Bombs, gunfire kill 81 at crowded mosque in Nigeria's Kano Reuters 28 November 2014 29 November 2014 Background On 25 November, two female suicide bombers killed over 45 people in a crowded market in Maiduguri, Borno State.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-violence-idUSKCN0JB23220141127 Northeast Nigeria bus station blast kills 40 people: sources Reuters 27 November 2014 29 November 2014 On 27 November, around 50 people were killed in Damasak by the Boko Haram militants.Nigeria's face of terror: Boko Haram spreading fear, blood http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/spreading-fear-and-blood-in-nigeria-and-beyond/article1-1291425.aspx Hindustan Times 29 November 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150320084227/http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/spreading-fear-and-blood-in-nigeria-and-beyond/article1-1291425.aspx 20 March 2015 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. Bombings 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.Triple bomb blasts kill 120 outside Nigeria mosque 28 November 2014 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/11260858/Bomb-attacks-on-Nigerian-mosque.html The Telegraph UK 29 November 2014 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."Nigeria unrest: President Jonathan condemns mosque attack BBC News 29 November 2014 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30256157 29 November 2014 Following the explosions, gunmen opened fire at people. According to national police spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu, the angry mob killed four gunmen after the shootings.Nigeria attack: Over 100 reportedly dead as bombs, gunmen target crowded mosque in city of Kano ABC News 28 November 2014 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-29/bombs-gunfire-at-crowded-central-mosque-in-northern-nigeria/5927526 abc.net.au 29 November 2014Scores killed in mosque attack in Nigerian city of Kano, FRANCE 24 with AFP and REUTERS, 29 November 2014. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Aftermath Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan 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 Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, accused the emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, of deviating from Islam and threatened to kill him.National Post: "Boko Haram kidnaps 191, murders dozens as the group threatens Muslim leader for telling Nigerians to fight back" by Mustapha Muhammad 18 December 2014Daily Post: "Kano blast: 150 worshipers killed in ‘Sanusi’s Mosque’ after he travelled to Saudi Arabia" by Ameh Comrade Godwin 29 November 2014 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.Britain plans more army trainers to help Nigeria fight Boko Haram 28 November 2014 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/11261605/Britain-plans-more-army-trainers-to-help-Nigeria-fight-Boko-Haram.html The Telegraph UK 29 November 2014 See also List of massacres in Nigeria 2013 Kano Bus bombing January 2012 Nigeria attacks References 2 Category:2014 murders in Nigeria Category:Crime in Kano Category:Massacres in 2014 Category:Boko Haram mosque bombings Category:Massacres committed by Boko Haram Category:Building bombings in Nigeria Category:Spree shootings in Nigeria Category:Mosque shootings in Africa Category:Mosque massacres in Africa Category:2010s massacres in Nigeria Category:Terrorist incidents in Nigeria in 2014 Category:November 2014 in Nigeria Category:2014 building bombings Category:Attacks on mosques in the 2010s Category:Terrorist incidents against Muslims in the 2010s