Scores of Nigerian Shia Muslims were martyred as a bomb was detonated among the procession at Dakasoye village, outskirt of Kura town on Friday the 27th of Nov., 2015.
The suicide bomber targeted Shia Muslims when they were marching in procession to the city of Zaria in Northern Nigeria for commemorating the day of Arba’een.
Sign of the incidence was first reported when a suspected bomber was arrested with a round of bomb belt tied to his waist in Kura town.
Upon interrogation, the bomber confessed two of them were sent from Mubi to Sambisa and finally Gwammaja Quarters in Kano for a suicide mission to kill Shi’ites during the Arba’een trek.
While manhunt for the second bomber on the loose was going on, the bomber detonated the bomb among the trekkers.
Scores of Brothers and Sister, including children were killed. Among the dead was the bomber whose only remain was his chest and head.
We lost 21 people and several others have been injured,” said Muhammad Turi from the Islamic Movement.
Turi, who was leading the procession when the attack happened, said the incident was no surprise as similar attacks happen all over Nigeria almost on a daily basis.
He added, however, that the deadly blast will not deter Nigeria’s Shia community from continuing to perform its religious duties, stressing, “This will not deter us from our religious observance. Even if all of us were bombed the last person will carry on with this duty.”
One of the organizers also said the assailant “was dressed in black like everyone else. His accomplice was initially arrested and confessed they were sent by Boko Haram.”
Boko Karam has not claimed responsibility for the attack, but Nigerian officials usually blame the Takfiri terror group for such assaults.
At least 17,000 people have been killed and more than 2.5 million made homeless since the Boko Haram militancy began in 2009, when the terror group started an armed rebellion against the government.
The terrorists have recently pledged allegiance to the Takfiri Daesh militant group, which is primarily operating inside Syria and Iraq.
The symbolic trek has since continued as normal.
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Picture of the Suicide Bomber
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