13-yr-old female suicide bomber attacks mosque

A 13-year-old suicide bomber has blown herself up near Umar Bin Khattab mosque in Kano State.

The girl apparently failed in her mission as she is said to be the only casualty of the attack.

The incident has been confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Musa Magaji Majia.

“She was trying to cross over to the mosque, but she was stopped said. She immediately detonated the bomb and died immediately,” Majia said.

The latest attack comes after twin bombings in Jos, Plateau State which left 44 people dead and a previous attack in Yobe which killed 5 people

More than 500 people have been killed by Boko Haram since President Muhammadu Buhari became Nigeria’s leader on May 29, 2015.