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Kano Mosque Killing Sparks Unrest As Police Probe Attack

December 16, 2025 11:20 am

An elderly Islamic cleric, Ladan Zubairu, was killed early Monday during a dawn prayer session at Yusuf Garko Mosque in the Maraba Quarters area of Kano, Nigerian authorities said, sparking unrest that briefly rattled the neighborhood.

Police said the suspected attacker was chased down by residents moments after the killing and beaten to death by a mob. His home was later set on fire before security forces intervened and restored calm.

The victim’s son, Isa Kasim, told reporters that his father had gone to the mosque before sunrise to call worshippers to prayer, a routine he had followed for years. …

Jakarta Mosque Explosion Injures Over 50; Suspect Identified

November 7, 2025 11:04 am

More than 50 people were injured when explosions ripped through a mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, during Friday prayers, authorities said. Police have identified a 17-year-old student as the suspected perpetrator.

The blast occurred at around 12:15 p.m. local time (05:15 GMT) inside a mosque located within a state-run high school complex in Kelapa Gading, a district in northern Jakarta. Most of the injured were students, according to Indonesia’s police chief, Listyo Sigit Prabowo, who said the suspect was also among those hurt. “An investigation is ongoing, including how the suspect assembled and carried out the attack,” Prabowo told reporters …

Bandits Invade Zamfara Mosque, Abduct Many Worshippers

September 3, 2022 4:09 am

Bandits yesterday attacked a Jumuat Mosque in Zugu community of Gummi local government area of Zamfara state and abducted dozens of worshippers in a move that has sparked massive outrage.

Residents who spoke to reporters shortly after the attacked narrated that the armed men hid their guns inside their clothes and stormed the mosque when the Imam was about to start delivering sermon.

According to reports the marauders reportedly told those outside the mosque to go inside.

“When they laid siege, they asked people who were outside to go into the mosque while informing the worshippers that they had come …

Boko Haram Bombs Gwoza, Borno Mosque

January 26, 2020 1:38 pm

Twin suicide bombers linked to the Boko Haram sect attacked a mosque in Gwoza, Borno state, on Sunday, killing a 12-year-old child and leaving many people injured.

A security source, who disclosed this to TheCable, said the suicide bombers forced their way into the mosque while prayer was ongoing.

The source said before some persons in the neighbourhood raised the alarm, the attackers had already gained entry into the mosque.

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The incident happened around Guduf Nagadiyo at Bulabaulin in Gwoza.

Soldiers from 192 battalion of the Nigerian Army later cordoned …

84yr Old Arrested For Trying To Burn Down Mosque

October 29, 2019 3:58 pm

84-year-old Claude Sinké was arrested by France security on Monday after he allegedly shot and injured two Muslim worshippers at a mosque in Bayonne, south-western France.

The suspect according to report was trying to burn down the mosque during the time he inflicted the harms on the victims.

Sinké was a former election candidate for Marine Le Pen’s far-Right National Rally. He was arrested at his home in Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx, near Bayonne after fleeing the scene by car. He reportedly set a vehicle on fire before he left. Police found a gas canister and a handgun in his car.

Patrice Peyruqueou, …

Gunmen Attack Mosque In Burkina Faso, Killing 15 Persons

October 13, 2019 2:57 am

At least 15 people have been killed and two seriously injured in an attack on a mosque in northern Burkina Faso by a yet to be identified gunmen.

Gunmen entered the Grand Mosque in the village of Salmossi on Friday evening as those inside were praying. The attack prompted many locals to flee the village which is close to the Malian border.

Hundreds of people have been killed in the country over the past few years, mostly by jihadist groups. One resident from the nearby town of Gorom-Gorom told AFP news agency: “Since this morning, people have started to flee …

How Nigerian Imam escaped death in New Zealand mosque havoc

March 16, 2019 7:11 pm

THE Imam of one of the Christchurch, New Zealand mosques attacked by a terrorist on Friday is a Nigerian, The Nation can report today.

Lateef Alabi who is the Linwood mosque’s acting Imam was leading the congregation in prayers on the fateful day when terrorist Brenton Tarrant struck.

Alabi said the death toll would have been far higher at the mosque but for a worshipper, Abdul Aziz, 48, who grabbed Tarrant’s gun and forced him away from a mosque.

Aziz’s action terminated the killing spree.

Alabi said he heard a voice outside the mosque at about 1.55pm and stopped the …