{"id":21458,"date":"2015-11-28T00:31:53","date_gmt":"2015-11-28T00:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/suicide-attack-hits-nigeria-shia-march\/"},"modified":"2015-11-28T00:31:43","modified_gmt":"2015-11-28T00:31:43","slug":"suicide-attack-hits-nigeria-shia-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/suicide-attack-hits-nigeria-shia-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicide attack hits Nigeria Shia march"},"content":{"rendered":"

{A suicide bomber has killed at least 21 people in an attack on a Shia Muslim procession in Nigeria’s Kano state, eyewitnesses and organisers say.}<\/p>\n

The bomber ran into the crowd and detonated his device before he could be spotted, an organiser told AFP.<\/p>\n

The attack happened shortly after a man was arrested in possession of a bomb, a witness told the BBC.<\/p>\n

The blast took place in the village of Dakasoye, about 20km (13 miles) south of the provincial capital, Kano.<\/p>\n

“We lost 21 people and several others have been injured,” Muhammad Turi from the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) said.<\/p>\n

Police said they did not know who was behind the attack, but IMN organisers blamed the Sunni militant group Boko Haram.<\/p>\n

Meeting Nigeria’s Shia leader<\/p>\n

The procession – an annual event lasting seven days – continued after the blast.<\/p>\n

“We are not surprised that we’ve been attacked because this is the situation all over the country. This will not deter us from our religious observance,” said Mr Turi.<\/p>\n

The procession travels from Kano to Zaria in neighbouring Kaduna state, where the IMN, the country’s biggest Shia organisation, has its headquarters.<\/p>\n

Security forces had been ordered away from the procession after clashes between pilgrims and the army left several people dead last year, including three sons of its leader Sheikh el-Zakzaky.<\/p>\n

Most of Nigeria’s Muslims are Sunnis and correspondents say there are underlying tensions between them and Shia Muslims.<\/p>\n

Boko Haram’s six-year insurgency has killed thousands and made more than 2m people homeless. The group condemns Shias as heretics who should be killed.<\/p>\n

The militants have increasingly attacked civilian targets since being pushed out of territory they controlled by a military offensive.<\/p>\n

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has given the military commanders until next month to end the conflict, but there are fears bomb attacks may continue.<\/p>\n

\"Deaths<\/figure>\n

SOURCE:BBC:[Suicide attack hits Nigeria Shia march->http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-34946233]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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