Bomb Targeting Nigerian Imam Kills at Least 15

A bomb tossed off the back of a motorcycle at a Nigerian Muslim cleric killed at least 15 people on a busy commercial road in the northern city of Kaduna on Wednesday, witnesses said. The blast scattered debris and dead bodies on the Alkali Road in the city center, but missed Sheik Dahiru Bauchi, who was conducting Muslim prayers in Murtala Muhammed square, two witnesses told Reuters by telephone. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Islamist militant group Boko Haram...

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