Teenager Blows Herself Up Near Mosque in Nigeria's Kano

A teenager blew herself up near a mosque on Monday night in an apparent suicide attack attempt in Kano, Nigeria's second-largest city, police said. Police spokesman Magaji Majiya said the girl's target was likely the Umar Ibn Al-Khattab mosque and that she was the only casualty. The attempted attack bore the hallmarks of the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, which was behind a wave of violence last week that killed 200 people. On Sunday, at least 44 people died in two...

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