Bomb blast hits mosque in northern Nigeria city

November 28, 2014 21:17

According to reports, a military official in Nigeria says scores of people are feared to have been killed and wounded in a bomb blast at a mosque.

Capt. Ikechukwu Eze said the today blast occurred at the main mosque in the city of Kano, Nigeria's second-largest city.

Rescue operations are underway at the bomb site, with the injured and dead being taken away from the scene.

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