{"id":70045,"date":"2014-12-01T05:49:19","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T05:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=70045"},"modified":"2014-12-01T05:49:19","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T05:49:19","slug":"nigeria-unrest-mosque-attack-death-toll-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/nigeria-unrest-mosque-attack-death-toll-100\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria unrest: Mosque attack death toll over 100"},"content":{"rendered":"
More than 100 people died in an attack on a Nigerian mosque on Friday, local government and hospital officials say.<\/p>\n
The president of Nigeria has vowed “to leave no stone unturned” in tracking down the perpetrators of the gun and bomb attack during Friday’s prayers in the northern city of Kano.<\/p>\n
Goodluck Jonathan urged the nation “to confront the common enemy”.<\/p>\n
No-one has so far claimed the attack but officials say it bears the hallmarks of Boko Haram militant group.<\/p>\n
Kano’s Central Mosque, where the attack took place, is where the influential Muslim leader, the emir of Kano, usually leads prayers.<\/p>\n
Emir Muhammed Sanusi had recently called for people to arm themselves against Boko Haram, and there have been suggestions that the attack was in response to that call.<\/p>\n
However, on Saturday the emir dismissed the claims, saying it must have taken at least two months to plan the attack. He made the comments during a visit to the mosque.<\/p>\n
Boko Haram, a Sunni Islamist group, has been waging an insurgency in Nigeria since 2009 and has killed more than 2,000 people this year, human rights groups say.<\/p>\n