| 2014 Kano bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of Islamist insurgency in Nigeria | |
 Location of Kano State in Nigeria | |
| Location | Kano, Kano State, Nigeria |
| Coordinates | 11°59′40.62″N 8°31′0.92″E / 11.9946167°N 8.5169222°E |
| Date | November 28, 2014 14:00 WAT |
| Target | Mosque |
| Deaths | 120 |
| Injured | 260 |
| Perpetrator | Boko Haram |
The 2014 Kano bombing was a terrorist attack on November 28, 2014, at the Central Mosque (Grand Mosque) in Kano, the biggest city in the mainly Muslim Northern Nigeria during the Islamist 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.[1][2][3][4]
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- ^ "BBC News - Nigeria unrest: Kano mosque attack kills dozens". BBC News. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ Al Jazeera and agencies. "Scores killed in Nigeria mosque blasts". Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ "Bombs, gunfire kill 81 at crowded mosque in Nigeria's Kano". Reuters. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.