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| Nigeria bomb attack in Kaduna 'leaves 25 dead' | |
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| A bomb blast in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna has killed at least 25 people, police say. | A bomb blast in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna has killed at least 25 people, police say. |
| The bomb targeted moderate Islamic cleric Dahiru Bauchi who had been travelling in the area, police added. | |
| He escaped unhurt. It is unclear who was behind the blast. | He escaped unhurt. It is unclear who was behind the blast. |
| Militant Islamist group Boko Haram has carried out a wave of bombings and assassinations in Nigeria since it launched a brutal insurgency in 2009 to create an Islamic state. | Militant Islamist group Boko Haram has carried out a wave of bombings and assassinations in Nigeria since it launched a brutal insurgency in 2009 to create an Islamic state. |
| It often targets Muslim leaders who condemn its militant ideology. | It often targets Muslim leaders who condemn its militant ideology. |
| There are body parts and damaged cars on Alkali Road in the city centre, where the bomb exploded, reports the BBC's Abdullahi Kaura Abubakar from the scene. | |
| A trader, Yusuf Suleiman, told Reuters news agency that he had counted 15 bodies in a police van after the explosion. | |
| Mr Bauchi had completed a preaching session in the nearby Murtala Muhammed square, and his convoy was driving through the area when the blast occurred. |