President Jonathan vows to catch the Kano Bombers
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan vowed to hunt down those behind
"heinous" attacks that killed at least 120 at the mosque of an Islamic
leader who issued a call to arms against Boko Haram.
At least 270 others were also wounded when two suicide bombers blew
themselves up and gunmen opened fire during weekly prayers on Friday
at the Grand Mosque in Kano, the biggest city in the mainly Muslim
north of the country, according to a toll given to AFP late Friday by
a senior rescue official.
Jonathan "directed the security agencies to launch a full-scale
investigation and to leave no stone unturned until all agents of
terror... are tracked down and brought to justice," said a statement
from his office on Saturday.
The mosque is attached to the palace of Kano's emir, Mohammad Sanussi
II, Nigeria's second most senior Muslim cleric, who last week made a
call at the same mosque urging civilians to take up arms against
Islamist extremists Boko Haram.
"heinous" attacks that killed at least 120 at the mosque of an Islamic
leader who issued a call to arms against Boko Haram.
At least 270 others were also wounded when two suicide bombers blew
themselves up and gunmen opened fire during weekly prayers on Friday
at the Grand Mosque in Kano, the biggest city in the mainly Muslim
north of the country, according to a toll given to AFP late Friday by
a senior rescue official.
Jonathan "directed the security agencies to launch a full-scale
investigation and to leave no stone unturned until all agents of
terror... are tracked down and brought to justice," said a statement
from his office on Saturday.
The mosque is attached to the palace of Kano's emir, Mohammad Sanussi
II, Nigeria's second most senior Muslim cleric, who last week made a
call at the same mosque urging civilians to take up arms against
Islamist extremists Boko Haram.
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