A 13 years old female suicide bomber who was prevented from entering a mosque at Umar Ibn Khattab located along Zaria road by Zoo road roundabout blew herself up 50 meters away.
Hundreds of Muslim faithful that converged for late evening prayers were able to escape death by whiskers. According to an eye witness, Sulaiman Ibrahim, an unsuspecting police officer that escorted the teenage bomber across the busy road lost his ear lobe.
Mr. Ibrahim said that the teenage bomber spirited attempt to enter the mosque was frustrated by local vigilante guarding the mosque.He explained that barely five munutes after the encounter with the vigilante and was been escorted by police officer that a loud bang was heard .
Ibrahim said the incident happened at about 9:21pm shortly after the conclusion of the congregation prayers of both Isha and Tarawe.Police spokesman in Kano, Assistant superintendent of police, Musa Magaji Majia confirmed the explosion saying that it’s only the female suicide bomber that died from the blast.
Majia said that the area has been condoned by the combined team of security operatives, as he revealed that normalcy has been restored.
The police spokesman disclosed that “few people sustained injuries” during the failed attack.
He advised the residents to be vigilance and report any suspicious persons or object to the nearest security formation in the state.
Vanguard