KANO (AFP) – A
Muslim religious leader
in Potiskum escaped a
suicide attack on
Friday, when the
bomber was thwarted
by local people before
blowing himself up,
residents said.
Several people were
wounded in the blast in
the town of Potiskum,
one witness said, as a
police official said he
was awaiting further
details of the attack.
“A man who looked in
his 40s … approached
the emir and tried to
embrace him, but
people around pushed
him away, and at that
moment, a bomb
concealed under his
caftan went off,”
one witness said.
Those wounded
included the emir’s
bodyguard, a mosque
aid worker and a
nurse, the witness
said. The attack was
said to have occurred
as worshippers left
the mosque following
Friday prayers.
There was no
immediate claim for the
attack, though
Potiskum has been
hard hit by violence
blamed on radical
Islamist group Boko
Haram.
More details soon
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