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21 die in Nigeria Shiite Muslim march suicide attack

By AFP
Nigeria Nigerian soldiers patrol in the north of Borno state close to a former Boko Haram camp on June 5, 2013 near Maiduguri.  By Quentin Leboucher AFPFile
NOV 27, 2015 LISTEN
Nigerian soldiers patrol in the north of Borno state close to a former Boko Haram camp on June 5, 2013 near Maiduguri. By Quentin Leboucher (AFP/File)

Dakasoye (Nigeria) (AFP) - At least 21 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack on a Shiite Muslim procession near the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Friday, organisers said.

"We lost 21 people and several others have been injured," Muhammad Turi, from the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, told reporters at the scene.

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